Teachers' recognition of children with ADHD: Role of subtype and gender

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-23

  Moldavsky, Maria ^a   Groenewald, Carla ^b   Owen, Victoria ^c   Sayal, Kapil ^a,c  

^a NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADD ADHD; Attention; Gender; School children; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHER; TEACHING; THINKING IMPAIRMENT; VIGNETTE;

EID: 84872779715     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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