Increasing incidence and diagnostic instability in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder nationwide between 1995 and 2012

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-156

  Kristiansen, Christina Blanner ^a   Shanmuganathan, Jan Walter Dhillon ^a   Gustafsson, Lea Nørgreen ^a   Løkke, Knut Peter ^a   Munk Jørgensen, Povl ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Diagnostic validity; Epidemiology; Incidence; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84930201129     PISSN: 18666116     EISSN: 18666647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-014-0155-9     Document Type: Article

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