Childhood: A suitable case for treatment?

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 661-666

  Singh, Ilina ^a   Wessely, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART DISEASE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; NEUROSYPHILIS; NOTE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SOCIAL NORM; TRUST; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS;

EID: 84937523039     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00106-6     Document Type: Note

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