Effect of an ecological executive skill training program for school-aged children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 1513-1520

  Qian, Ying ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Shuai, Lan ^a   Cao, Qing Jiu ^a   Yang, Li ^a   Wang, Yu Feng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Executive Function; Executive Skill Training; Randomized Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

ADHD IV SCORE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SCORE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE SKILL TRAINING PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY IMPULSIVITY SUBSCALE SCORE; INATTENTIVE SUBSCALE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEISS FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT SCALE PARENT FORM; WORKING MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85020874287     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.208236     Document Type: Article

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