The rise and fall of ADHD child prescribing in Western Australia: Lessons and implications

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 400-403

  Whitely, Martin ^a  

^a Parliament of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; NOTE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHOOL; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; LEGAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865302593     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412444864     Document Type: Note

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