Neuropsychological functions among adolescents with persistent, subsyndromal and remitted attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1765-1777

  Lin, Y J ^a,b,c   Chen, W J ^c   Gau, S S ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Key words Adolescents; neuropsychological functioning; persistence; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 84899903829     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002390     Document Type: Article

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