Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 595-605 , June 2010

Adolescent Outcomes of Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a Diverse Community Sample

  • Regina Bussing, M.D., M.S.H.S.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Regina Bussing, Box 100234 UFHSC, Gainesville, FL 32610-0234
    • ,
  • Dana M. Mason, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
    • ,
  • Lindsay Bell, M.Ed.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
    • ,
  • Phillip Porter, B.M.

      Affiliations

    • College of Education at the University of Florida
    • ,
  • Cynthia Garvan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • College of Education at the University of Florida

,Accepted 16 March 2010.

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 This work was supported by grant RO1 MH57399 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

 Disclosure: Dr. Bussing receives research support from the National Institute of Mental Health and Pfizer. She has received research support from Forest, Pfizer, and Shire. She has served as a consultant to Shire and has served on the advisory board for Eli Lilly. Ms. Mason, Ms. Bell, Mr. Porter, and Dr. Garvan report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00283-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.03.006

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 595-605 , June 2010

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