Co-occurring symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population-based sample of adolescents screened for depression

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lundervold, Astri J ^a,b,c   Hinshaw, Stephen P ^d,e   Sørensen, Lin ^a,c   Posserud, Maj Britt ^b,c,f  

^a Department of Biological and Medical Psychology ^*  (Norway)

^b Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Welfare Uni Health   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescents; Depression; Gender difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ADHD SELF REPORT SCALE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT VERSION OF THE MOOD AND FEELINGS QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84959098908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0739-3     Document Type: Article

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