Internal and external validity of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a population-based sample of adults
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Internal and external validity of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in a population-based sample of adults.
BACKGROUND Follow-up studies of childhood ADHD have shown persistence of the disorder into adulthood, but no epidemiological data are yet available. METHOD ADHD DSM-IV symptoms were obtained by self-report in an adult population-based sample of 1813 adults (aged 18-75 years), that was drawn from an automated general practitioner system used in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The structure of ADHD ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s003329170400337x