ADHD in adults: A concept in evolution

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 53-62

  Matte, Breno ^a   Rohde, Luis Augusto ^a,b   Grevet, Eugenio Horácio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit; Diagnosis; DSM 5; Hyperactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DETERIORATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; EMOTIONAL IMPULSIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84861522346     PISSN: 18666116     EISSN: 18666647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-012-0077-3     Document Type: Review

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