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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Academic Press,
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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. |
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9780080502076 0080502075 9780122870491 0122870492 |
Index Number: | RC394 |
CLC: | R741 |
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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 / |