Brief conners’ teacher rating scale for assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Thai children.

ABSTRACT

As the modified Brief Conners’ Teacher Rating Scale in the Thai version possessed high reliability and validity, we can expect it to be a useful assessing tool for ADHD in Thai children. Because the diagnosis of ADHD is usually based on clinical interview and observation that are time-consuming it might be impossible for the physician to make a decision in the clinical setting. The behavioral problems in ADHD are normally prominent in the classroom setting. Therefore if this rating scale can be apply to Thai children, it will be helpful for the physicians to use it as an adjuvant tool for assessing ADHD.