Comorbid Externalising Behaviour in AD/HD: Evidence for a Distinct Pathological Entity in Adolescence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Perera, Sharnel ^a   Crewther, David ^a   Croft, Rodney ^b   Keage, Hannah ^c,e   Hermens, Daniel ^d   Clark, C Richard ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE INHIBITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866340539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041407     Document Type: Article

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