Diagnosing ADHD in adolescence

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-150

  Sibley, Margaret H ^a   Pelham, William E ^a   Molina, Brooke S G ^b   Gnagy, Elizabeth M ^a   Waschbusch, Daniel A ^a   Garefino, Allison C ^a   Kuriyan, Aparajita B ^a   Babinski, Dara E ^a   Karch, Kathryn M ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adolescence; assessment; diagnosis

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PITTSBURGH ADHD LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TEACHER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861950796     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026577     Document Type: Article

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