The behavioral symptoms of hyperkinetic children who successfully responded to stimulant drug treatment.
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 48 (3) , 425-437
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb01332.x
Abstract
Hyperkinetic children who successfully responded to drug treatment were compared with controls on a series of objective measures of activity and attentional problems. Although group differences were found on most measures, there were no indications that these children were more homogeneous in their behavioral symptoms than the hyperkinetic population in general.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Science Foundation
- Green State University
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