Injury-proneness of youth with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A national clinical data analysis in Taiwan

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1100-1108

  Tai, Yueh Ming ^a,b   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,c   Gau, Churn Shiouh ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Beitou Armed Forces Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Psychology and Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences ^*  (Taiwan)

^d Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anxiolytics; Comorbidity; Injuries; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; BURN; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CRUSH TRAUMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISLOCATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LEG FRACTURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TAIWAN; TIC; TREND STUDY; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TAIWAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84872660552     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.11.027     Document Type: Article

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