Prevalence of the ADHD phenotype in 7-to 9-year-old children: Effects of informant, gender and non-participation

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 763-769

  Ullebø, Anne Karin ^a,e   Posserud, Maj Britt ^a   Heiervang, Einar ^b   Obel, Carsten ^c   Gillberg, Christopher ^d  

^a Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e Unifob Helse   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Attrition; Child psychiatry; Epidemiology; Gender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84863716536     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0379-3     Document Type: Article

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