People with Hyperactivity
Understanding and Managing Their Problems
Published on 1. March 2007
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-1-898683-46-9 (ISBN)
Description
Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 171
The last 10 years have seen major advances in the scientific understanding of ADHD. This book builds on them to provide a practical, comprehensive and evidence-based approach to clinical work with ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder, and to similar problems in people with complex neurodevelopmental disabilities. This is a book for professionals of all kinds who deal with hyperactive children and people with ADHD. It explains the science base of understanding it and gives practical step-by-step instructions on how to treat it - including informative leaflets for parents and teachers.
The last 10 years have seen major advances in the scientific understanding of ADHD. This book builds on them to provide a practical, comprehensive and evidence-based approach to clinical work with ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder, and to similar problems in people with complex neurodevelopmental disabilities. This is a book for professionals of all kinds who deal with hyperactive children and people with ADHD. It explains the science base of understanding it and gives practical step-by-step instructions on how to treat it - including informative leaflets for parents and teachers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
60 b/w illus. 65 tables
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-898683-46-9 (9781898683469)
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Person
Eric A. Taylor is the author of People with Hyperactivity: Understanding and Managing Their Problems, published by Wiley.
Content
Preface. Chapter 1: Clinical and Epidemiologicl Foundations.
Chapter 2: Biological Foundations.
Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Assessment.
Chapter 4: Psychological Assessment.
Chapter 5: Medical Investigations and Tests.
Chapter 6: Making a Case Formulation: Differential Diagnosis and Recognizing Comorbidity.
Chapter 7: Education and Advice.
Chapter 8: Pharmacotherapy in ADHD.
Chapter 9: Behavioural and Cognitive Approaches.
Chapter 10: ADHD and Sleep Problems.
Chapter 11: Aspects of Medical Management.
Chapter 12: ADHD in Preschool Children.
Chapter 13: Hyperactivity Disorders in Children with Mental Retardation.
Chapter 14: The Clinical Assessment and Treatment of ADHD in Adults.
Chapter 2: Biological Foundations.
Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Assessment.
Chapter 4: Psychological Assessment.
Chapter 5: Medical Investigations and Tests.
Chapter 6: Making a Case Formulation: Differential Diagnosis and Recognizing Comorbidity.
Chapter 7: Education and Advice.
Chapter 8: Pharmacotherapy in ADHD.
Chapter 9: Behavioural and Cognitive Approaches.
Chapter 10: ADHD and Sleep Problems.
Chapter 11: Aspects of Medical Management.
Chapter 12: ADHD in Preschool Children.
Chapter 13: Hyperactivity Disorders in Children with Mental Retardation.
Chapter 14: The Clinical Assessment and Treatment of ADHD in Adults.