Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 205-207 , March 2010

Against the Status Quo: Revising the Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD

  • Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Barkley, 1752 Greenspoint Ct., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466

,Accepted 3 December 2009.

References 

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 Disclosure: Dr. Barkley has served as a consultant for Eli Lilly & Company and Shire Pharmaceutical Co. He has served on the speakers' bureau for Eli Lilly & Company, Shire Pharmaceutical Company, Janssen-Ortho, Janssen-Cilag, and Novartis. He receives product royalties from Guilford Publications, Jones and Barlett, J & K Seminars, and ContinuingEdCourses.net.

PII: S0890-8567(09)00053-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2009.12.005

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 205-207 , March 2010

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