Toward Operationalizing Executive Function Deficits in Adults With ADHD Using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function—Adult Version (BRIEF-A)
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Author Affiliations
Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Corresponding author: Joseph Biederman, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey 6A, Boston, MA 02114 ([email protected]).
Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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