Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 11 , Pages 1051-1052 , November 2009

Should We Be Rethinking How We Assess and Manage ADHD?

  • Anita Thapar, M.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.Psych.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Anita Thapar, M.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.Psych., Cardiff University Psychological Medicine Heath Park Cardiff, Wales CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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  • Gemma Lewis, B.Sc.

,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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PII: S0890-8567(09)60250-1

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181ba3e20

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 11 , Pages 1051-1052 , November 2009