A review of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in women and girls: Uncovering this hidden diagnosis

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Quinn, Patricia O ^a   Madhoo, Manisha ^b  

^a National Center for Girls and Women with ADHD   (United States)

^b SHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV-TR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PEER GROUP; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84904259580     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.13r01596     Document Type: Review

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