Clinicians' guide to adult ADHD : assessment and intervention /

This text offers practicing clinicians strategies, interventions, suggestions, guidance and ideas to work with adults struggling with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and is intended as a reference to which clinicians will turn time and time again as issues or problems present themselves. T...

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Main Authors: Goldstein, Sam, 1952- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Ellison, Anne Teeter. (Editor)
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: San Diego, Calif. :
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780122870491
Summary: This text offers practicing clinicians strategies, interventions, suggestions, guidance and ideas to work with adults struggling with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and is intended as a reference to which clinicians will turn time and time again as issues or problems present themselves. The text will also provide a comprehensive review of the scientific literature and expand the development of an ongoing model to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiii, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080502076
0080502075
9780122870491
0122870492
Index Number: RC394
CLC: R741
Contents: An overview of childhood and adolescent ADHD : understanding the complexities of development into the adult years /
Continuity of ADHD in adulthood : hypothesis and theory meet reality /
Research on comorbidity, adaptive functioning, and cognitive impairments in adults with ADHD : implications for a clinical practice /
The assessment process : conditions and comorbidities /
Clinical case studies /
The clinician's role in the treatment of ADHD /
Changing the mindset of adults with ADHD : strategies for fostering hope, optimism, and resilience /
A model of psychotherapy for adults with ADHD /
Pharmacotherapy of adult ADHD /
Career impact : finding the key to issues facing adults with ADHD /
What clinicians need to know about legal issues relative to ADHD /
Making marriages work for individuals with ADHD /
Families and ADHD /
Life coaching for adult ADHD /
Lifestyle issues /