Should the diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder be considered in children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder?
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Attention Disorders
- Vol. 4 (4) , 203-211
- https://doi.org/10.1177/108705470100400402
Abstract
Objective: To assess the overlap between Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in a consecutive sample of referred youth. We hypothesized that children with PDD plus ADHD-like symptoms would have a symptom profile similar to ADHD children.Keywords
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