Comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adult psychiatric outpatients with depressive or anxiety disorders

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 265-271

  Pehlivanidis, Artemios ^a   Papanikolaou, Katerina ^a   Spyropoulou, Areti C ^a   Papadimitriou, George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adults; Anxiety; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PANIC; POSITIVE SYNDROME; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GREECE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910093086     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2014.941878     Document Type: Article

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