… Thus, the diagnostic assessment should both include a comprehensive clinical interview, …
from multiple informants, as well as assessment of a broader spectrum of psychiatric and …

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder that frequently
persists into adulthood, with significant levels of inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive …

… name of the disorder changed slightly to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the criteria
changed … They generally cannot replace the clinical assessment but can add some rigor, …

… Second, the clinical assessment of degree of impairment can be extremely difficult, as there
are few if any scales or measures used by clinicians to document the level of dysfunction …

… In Chapter 6 we illustrate how these assessment findings translate into practical, clinically
meaningful, and cost-effective treatment plans, emphasizing a multimodal treatment approach. …

… We then discuss the cross-domain assessment battery for tracking the sample before, during…
the field's earlier perspectives regarding attention deficit disorder without hyperactivity. For …

The prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) in adults has not been investigated
systematically, but estimates based on a prevalence of ADHD in children of 5% to 10% and …

… The emergence of attention deficits in early childhood: a prospective study. Dev Behav …
Tricyclic antidepressants in the treatment of children with attention deficit disorder. J Am Acad …

… Pediatricians and other primary care health professionals should apply DSM-IVcriteria in
the context of their clinical assessment of a child. The use of specific criteria will help to ensure …

… For this purpose we compared the outcomes of the clinical assessment with scores from
the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)6 and the objective measures. …