Attention-Deficit Disorders and Comorbidities in Children, Adolescents, and Adults - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880487119 ISBN 13: 9780880487115

Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc, 2000

Synopsis

The incidence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with an estimated 5% of the population affected, is on the rise. Of those 5%, more than half must also cope with one or more comorbid disorders of learning, emotion, and behavior--complicating ADHD diagnosis and treatment.

The challenge for clinicians is to treat not just ADHD, but also the psychiatric disorders and comorbid disorders that often accompany it. Edited by a leading researcher and practitioner, Attention-Deficit Disorders and Comorbidities in Children, Adolescents, and Adults brings together the work of 25 distinguished contributors--all on the cutting edge of ADHD research.

The past decade of research and clinical experience has shown that ADHD is far from the simple disorder, starting in childhood and remitting in adulthood, it was once thought to be. Divided into two main sections, this volume includes a chapter on each of the psychiatric disorders and comorbidities that often occur with ADHD.

? In the first section, "ADDs With Comorbidities," the editor introduces readers to ADHD by talking about our emerging understanding of and the latest genetic research on ADHD. The author of each subsequent chapter shows how ADHD interacts with mood and anxiety disorders, oppositionality and aggression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, learning disorders, substance abuse disorders, sleep disturbances, Tourette syndrome, and developmental coordination disorder.

This section concludes with two final chapters: one on assessing and treating ADDs in preschoolers and the other on different treatment outcomes as reported in existing longitudinal studies of ADDs.

? The second section, "Assessments and Interventions for ADDs", includes in-depth chapters on clinical assessment and diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, psychosocial and educational interventions, and a cognitive therapy perspective on ADHD.

This section wraps up by emphasizing the importance of tailoring treatment to the individual as a whole, considering not only comorbidities but also family and social settings.

Heavily annotated and written with practical implications for both clinicians and educators in mind, this comprehensive volume demonstrates a scope and depth unparalleled within the current literature. As such, it will find its way into the libraries of professionals and interested laypersons alike: clinical psychiatrists and psychologists; pediatricians, family practitioners and other primary care physicians who treat children, adolescents, and adults; education professionals, including school nurses, special education teachers and administrators, and college and university disability services personnel; and juvenile justice system professionals, including clinical and social workers and administrators.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This 736 page book demonstrates a scope and depth unparalleled within the current literature on ADHD. It covers all age ranges across the lifespan and includes many references so that readers can readily access more detailed information on areas of specific interest. Written with a solid base of current research, it addresses concerns and practical needs of clinicians, educators, students and researchers in many professional fields including clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, pediatricians, family practitioners and other physicians and nurses who treat children, adolescents or adults; educational professionals including teachers, guidance counselors, special education teachers, school psychologists, administrators, and college and university disability services personnel; clinical social workers and marriage and family counselors, substance abuse counselors and juvenile justice system professionals,and others who work in various aspects of human services for children, adolescents or adults.

From the Author:

This book is quite different from most existing books on ADHD. It includes clear explanation of a new model for understanding ADHD as a complex set of impairments in management functions of the mind. It begins with recognition that more than 50% of those affected by ADHD, with or without hyperactivity, also have one or more concurrent disorder of learning, emotion and/or behavior. Established experts describe practical implications of current research on ADD with Anxiety Disorders, ADD with Learning Disorders, ADD with Mood Disorders, ADD with Substance Abuse, and many other combinations of ADD with other comorbid disorders.

Increasingly ADD is being recognized as a widespread disorder which significantly impairs many children, adolescents and adults in work or school, family life, social relationships and self-esteem. This book provides accurate, up-to-date, research-based information on the diverse and complex ways in which ADDs impact individuals and their families. It describes how these complexities should be taken into account by all those who assess, treat, educate and care for children, adolescents and adults with ADHD--with and without hyperactivity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0880487119
• ISBN 13: 9780880487115
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 671
• Editor: Brown Thomas