What Do We Really Know about ADHD in College Students?

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 559-568

  Green, Andrea L ^a   Rabiner, David L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit disorder; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; College students

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRUG USE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84866451636     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-012-0127-8     Document Type: Review

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