Critiques of the 'ADHD' enterprise

Critical New Perspectives on ADHD

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 12-33

  Cohen, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203008010     Document Type: Chapter

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