The impact of ADHD symptoms and global impairment in childhood on working disability in mid-adulthood: A 28-year follow-up study using official disability pension records in a high-risk in-patient population

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mordre, Marianne ^a   Groholt, Berit ^b   Sandstad, Berit ^a   Myhre, Anne Margrethe ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADHD; CGAS; Conduct disorder; Disability pension award

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; PENSION; WORK DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDREN GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY PENSION; DSM-IV; EATING DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; ICD-10; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; MUTISM; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867622275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-174     Document Type: Article

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