Callous-Unemotional traits, proactive aggression, and treatment outcomes of aggressive children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1281-1293

  Blader, Joseph C ^a,c   Pliszka, Steven R ^a   Kafantaris, Vivian ^c   Foley, Carmel A ^c   Crowell, Judith A ^b   Carlson, Gabrielle A ^b   Sauder, Colin L ^b   Margulies, David M ^b   Sinha, Christa ^b   Sverd, Jeffrey ^b   Matthews, Thomas L ^a   Bailey, Brigitte Y ^a   Daviss, W Burleson ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Shore Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); CNS stimulants; oppositional defiant disorder; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; METHYLPHENIDATE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PROCESS SCREENING DEVICE AND THE AGGRESSION SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROACTIVE AGGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE MODI OVERT AGGRESSION SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIET THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FAMILY THERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889018384     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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