High concordance of parent and teacher attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ratings in medicated and unmedicated children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 284-291

  Pearson, Deborah A ^a   Aman, Michael G ^b   Arnold, L Eugene ^b   Lane, David M ^c   Loveland, Katherine A ^a   Santos, Cynthia W ^a   Casat, Charles D ^d   Mansour, Rosleen ^a   Jerger, Susan W ^e   Ezzell, Sarah ^a   Factor, Perry ^c   Vanwoerden, Salome ^a   Ye, Enstin ^a   Narain, Punya ^c   Cleveland, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Carolina NeuroSolutions LC ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONNER PARENT RATING SCALE; CONNER TEACHER RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865263441     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: 15578992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2011.0067     Document Type: Article

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