The effects of temporally secondary co-morbid mental disorders on the associations of DSM-IV ADHD with adverse outcomes in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1779-1792

  Kessler, R C ^a   Adler, L A ^b   Berglund, P ^c   Green, J G ^d   McLaughlin, K A ^e   Fayyad, J ^f   Russo, L J ^g   Sampson, N A ^a   Shahly, V ^a   Zaslavsky, A M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^g SHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); co morbidity; DSM IV; epidemiology; Key words Adolescence; National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS A); prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899739661     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002419     Document Type: Article

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