Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Handbook: A Physician's Guide to ADHD - Hardcover

Millichap, J. Gordon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441913963 ISBN 13: 9781441913968

Publisher: Springer, 2009

Synopsis

An expanded, updated, and revised edition, the ADHD Handbook, second edition covers recent advances in causes and management of ADHD, and includes more than 400 scientific references to peer-reviewed articles. It provides answers to the numerous questions that surround ADHD, including how is it diagnosed? What causes ADHD? What are the risks of associated learning and behavior disorders, tics, seizures, and headaches? What treatments are available? What are the choices of medications and the risks of side effects? How can adverse effects be avoided? What are the alternatives to medication? Do children outgrow ADHD, and how long is treatment required? ADHD Handbook is written for neurologists, pediatricians, practicing physicians, residents, fellows and students of medicine, psychologists, educators, occupational and speech therapists, nurse practitioners and other healthcare providers. It also offers parents a readable, but uniquely well documented and objective account of ADHD symptoms, diagnosis, medications, alternative treatments, and management.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Readers of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Handbook: A Physician's Guide to ADHD, second edition will find a concise and scholarly work covering the most recent advances in causes and management of ADHD. The book provides answers to the numerous questions that surround ADHD, such as: How is ADHD diagnosed? What causes ADHD? What are the risks of associated learning and behavior disorders, tics, seizures, and headaches? What treatments are available? What are the choices of medications and the risks of side effects? Do children outgrow ADHD?

Author, J. Gordon Millichap, M.D., F.R.C.P., is a pediatric neurologist with more than 40 years experience in treating children, adolescents, and young adults with ADHD and related medical disorders (tics, Tourette syndrome, headache, seizures, learning disorders, dyslexia). Dr. Millichap has done research studies on medications and dietary therapies for ADHD, and advises on the pros and cons of medications vs. alternative therapies. He has experience with the long-term effects of medications, their side effects, and ways to minimize risks. Dr. Millichap is the Director of the Attention Deficit Disorder Clinic, Division of Neurology, at Children's Memorial Hospital, and Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.

His vast clinical and research experience coalesce in A Physician's Guide to ADHD, a comprehensive and clinically useful guide for any medical professional treating patients with ADHD.

About the Author:

J. Gordon Millichap, MD, FRCP, is Professor Emeritus of Neurology and Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Pediatric Neurologist at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. With the support of Training Grants from the NINDB, NIH, Bethesda, MD, and other sources, Dr. Millichap established pediatric neurology training programs at the Mayo Clinic, and Children's Memorial Hospital at Northwestern University (now Lurie Children's).
After receiving his M.D. degree from Saint Bartholomew's Hospital and Medical College, University of London, Dr. Millichap held fellowships and teaching positions at many of the outstanding medical schools and hospitals in the United States, including Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Millichap is an elected Fellow of many professional societies and associations including:  Royal College of Physicians, American Neurological Association, American Academy of Neurology, American Pediatric Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Epilepsy Society, American Electroencephalographic Society, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and many others.
Dr. Millichap has written and edited books on neurology, epilepsy, learning disabilities, and nutrition. He has over 150 articles in professional journals that can be found on PubMed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, ORCID, Reuters Web of Science, and other major indices. He has four sons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1441913963
• ISBN 13: 9781441913968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 199