Many books address various aspects of ADHD -- but ADHD
Comorbidities: Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and
Adults is the only one that covers the multiple ways in which ADHD
is complicated by other psychiatric and learning disorders in both
children and adults. It features comprehensive, research-based
information on the condition and its full range of comorbidities,
from mood disorders to developmental coordination disorder, written
by researcher-clinicians familiar with the complications that these
additional disorders pose. The authors summarize in accessible
language what is currently known about ADHD and its comorbidities
from preschool age to adulthood, describing how ADHD produces
different profiles at different stages of development.
The book offers a new paradigm for understanding ADHD, viewing
it not as a simple behavior disorder but as a complex developmental
impairment of executive functions in the brain. In describing
combinations of disorders in various age groups, this effective
guide shows that significant impairments can occur in adolescence
and adulthood, when individuals face increased demands for
self-management. And because adults with ADHD are likely to have at
least one additional psychiatric disorder at some point in their
lives, this handbook also describes how to adjust treatment
strategies for both ADHD and additional disorders to reduce the
impairments resulting from comorbidity. Among the book's features:
- It reviews aspects of ADHD not only for elementary-school
children, adolescents, and adults but also for preschoolers, giving
ADHD developmental context by describing how symptoms in preschool
years differ from those in older children- Eleven chapters offer
practical clinical help for patients whose ADHD appears in
combination with other disorders, including aggression, mood
disorders, obsessive/compulsive disorders, substance abuse,
Tourette syndrome, and the autistic/Asperger's disorder spectrum.-
It presents guidelines for assessing and treating complicated ADHD,
including psychopharmacological treatment, psychosocial treatment,
cognitive therapy, and tailoring treatment to individuals and their
families.- It provides guidance on adapting and adjusting
medications and other interventions to optimize treatment effects
for the wide diversity of complex cases that embody ADHD.- It
contains useful information about how to discern other disorders
when the chief complaint suggests ADHD -- and how to detect ADHD
when the patient's presentation has been modified by the presence
of other disorders.
With its comprehensive summaries of research and wealth of
clinical guidance, this handbook clearly shows how attentional
disorders are related to other conditions and how patients with
these more complex variants of ADD can be more effectively
recognized and treated.
General
Imprint: |
American Psychiatric Publishing Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2009 |
First published: |
December 2008 |
Editors: |
Thomas E. Brown
(Director)
|
Dimensions: |
279 x 216 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
478 |
Edition: |
2 Rev Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58562-158-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-58562-158-7 |
Barcode: |
9781585621583 |
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