Comorbid ADHD: Implications for the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 310-322

  Halldorsdottir, Thorhildur ^a   Ollendick, Thomas H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anxiety; CBT; Comorbidity; Youth

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902257226     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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