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Revising the diagnostic criteria for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): an adulthood perspective

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine and Psychiatric and Behavioral Solutions, 1522 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84105, USA

    Fred W. Reimherr

  2. Psychiatric and Behavioral Solutions, 1522 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84105, USA

    Fred W. Reimherr, Barrie K. Marchant & Tammy A. Steans

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, 1522 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84105, USA

    Thomas E. Gift

  4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, 1522 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84105, USA

    Paul H. Wender

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Reimherr, F.W., Marchant, B.K., Gift, T.E. et al. Revising the diagnostic criteria for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): an adulthood perspective. ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord 7, 113–114 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12402-014-0159-5

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