Low self-awareness of ADHD in adults using a self-report screening questionnaire

European Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 314-320

  Manor, I ^a,b   Vurembrandt, N ^c   Rozen, S ^a   Gevah, D ^b   Weizman, A ^a,b   Zalsman, G ^a,b,d  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adults; Objective; Screening questionnaire; Self awareness; Subjective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84862582063     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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