Objective measures of behavior manifestations in adult ADHD and differentiation from participants with bipolar II disorder, borderline personality disorder, participants with disconfirmed ADHD as well as normative participants

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-143

  Edebol, Hanna ^a   Helldin, Lars ^b   Norlander, Torsten ^c,d  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NU health Care ^*  (Sweden)

^c Evidens Research and Development Center   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Behavior; Hyperactivity; Objective measures; Psychometrics; Quantified Behavior Test Plus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TESTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTIFIED BEHAVIOR TEST PLUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHED CORE SYMPTOMS SCALE;

EID: 84878121484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901208010134     Document Type: Article

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