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Attention Deficit Disorders and Comorbidities in Children, Adolescents and Adults
Edited by Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2009
Many books address various aspects of ADHD—but only ADHD Comorbidities: Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults comprehensively describes the multiple ways in which other psychiatric and learning disorders complicate ADHD in both children and adults.
This practical book features comprehensive, research-based information on ADHD and its full range of comorbidities—including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, learning disorders, substance abuse, sleep disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorders, oppositionality and aggression, Tourette syndrome, and developmental coordination disorder.
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 function, the management system of the brain. In accessible language, more than 30 researcher-clinician contributors summarize how to recognize ADHD and its comorbidities at various stages of development, from preschool age to adolescence to adulthood. Clinicians will find practical help—and acquire valuable guidance on tailoring medications and other interventions—to optimize treatment outcomes for patients of all ages with complex cases of ADHD.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword
F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D.
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part I Attention-Deficit Disorders With Comorbidities
- Developmental Complexities of Attentional Disorders Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
- Genetics of AD/HD
David C. Rettew, M.D. James J. Hudziak, M.D.
- AD/HD in Preschool Children
Kelly Posner, Ph.D.,
Larry Greenhill, M.D.
- AD/HD in Elementary School Children
George J. DuPaul, Ph.D.
Thomas J. Power, Ph.D.
- AD/HD in Adolescents
Arthur L. Robin, Ph.D.
- ADHD in Adults
Lily Hechtman, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Part II
Attention Deficit Disorders With Specific Comorbidities
- ADHD With Mood Disorders
Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D.
Stephanie E. Meyer, Ph.D.
- ADHD With Anxiety Disorders
Rosemary Tannock, Ph.D.
- ADHD With Oppositionality and Aggression
Jeffrey H. Newcorn, M.D.
Jeffrey M. Halperin, Ph.D.
Carlin J. Miller, Ph.D.
- ADHD With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Daniel A. Geller, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P.
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
- ADHD With Language and/or Learning Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Rosemary Tannock, Ph.D.
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
- ADHD and Learning Disabilities in Adults: Overlap With Executive Dysfunction
Jeanette Wasserstein, Ph.D.
Martha Bridge Denckla, M.D.
- ADHD With Substance Use Disorders
Timothy E. Wilens, M.D.
- ADHD With Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Christopher Gillberg, M.D.
Paramala Santosh, M.D.
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
- ADHD With Sleep/Arousal Disturbances
Judith A. Owens, M.D., M.P.H.
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
Edward J. Modestino, A.L.B., M.L.A.
- ADHD With Tourette Syndrome
Denis G. Sukhodolsky, Ph.D.
Lawrence Scahill, M.S.N., Ph.D.
James F. Leckman, M.D.
- ADHD With Developmental Coordination Disorder
Christopher Gillberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Björn Kadesjö, M.D., Ph.D
PART 3
Assessment And Interventions For Complicated Attention Defecit Disorders
- Assessment of AD/HD and Comorbidities
Donald M. Quinlan, Ph.D.
- Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Comorbidities
Jefferson B. Prince, M.D.
Timothy E. Wilens, M.D.
- Psychosocial Interventions for Attention-Deficit Disorders and Comorbid Conditions
Stephen P. Hinshaw, Ph.D
- Cognitive Therapy for Adults With AD/HD
Stephen P. McDermott, M.D.
- Tailoring Treatments for Individuals With Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder: Clinical and Research Perspectives
Peter S. Jensen, M.D.
Howard Abikoff, Ph.D.
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
- Index
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