Stigma in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 101-114

  Mueller, Anna K ^a   Fuermaier, Anselm B M ^a   Koerts, Janneke ^a   Tucha, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adults; Attitudes; Children; Stigma; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84865810504     PISSN: 18666116     EISSN: 18666647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-012-0085-3     Document Type: Review

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