Main description:

This exciting new resource offers a comprehensive guide to ADHD, the most frequently diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder and one of the most researched areas in child mental health. It brings together high-level research with the latest scholarship and applies them to practice, providing a unique and innovative perspective. Inside readers will find a critical presentation of current scientific knowledge regarding the nature, etiology, diagnosis, and management of the disorder. The book covers ADHD from infancy to adulthood and presents the whole range of possible comorbidities. The authors explore the topic from the perspective of researchers, academics, and clinicians while also offering a structured assessment procedure, a complete early intervention and treatment program, as well as illuminative case studies and practical tools for educators.

Contents:

Table of Contents

About the authors

Foreword by E.J.S. Sonuga-Barke

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

Part One: The nature of ADHD

Chapter 1. The history of ADHD

Chapter 2. Clinical presentation of children with ADHD

Chapter 3. Developmental course and outcome of ADHD

Chapter 4. Epidemiology of ADHD

Chapter 5. Causality of ADHD

Chapter 6. Theories of ADHD

Chapter 7. Comorbidity

Part Two: Clinical assessment of ADHD

Chapter 8. Clinical assessment in developmental psychopathology

Chapter 9. The diagnostic criteria of ADHD

Chapter 10. Measures and methods of diagnosis

Part Three: Treatment of ADHD

Chapter 11. Interventions for ADHD

Chapter 12. The multilevel approach of ADHD

Chapter 13. Treatment of ADHD in adults

Chapter 14. Case studies

References

Index