Providing a new perspective on ADHD in adults, this compelling book analyzes findings from two major studies directed by leading authority Russell A. Barkley. Groundbreaking information is presented on the significant impairments produced by the disorder across major functional domains and life activities, including educational outcomes, work, relationships, health behaviors, and mental health. Thoughtfully considering the treatment implications of these findings, the book also demonstrates that existing diagnostic criteria do not accurately reflect the way ADHD is experienced by adults, and points the way toward developing better criteria that center on executive function deficits. Accessible tables, figures, and sidebars encapsulate the study results and methods.
| ISBN | 1609180755 | | Pages | 489 | | ISBN13 | 9781609180751
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 702 | | Publisher | Guilford Publications | | Published in | New York | | Imprint | Guilford Publications | | Height (mm) | 231 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 155 | | Publication date | 17 Dec 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 33 | | DEWEY | 616.8589 | | Academic level | Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Introduction. History and Prevalence of ADHD in Adults. Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD in Adults. Defining ADHD in Adults: Making the Diagnosis in the UMASS and Milwaukee Studies. DSM Symptom Utility and the Issue of Age of Onset. Impairment in Major Life Activities. Identifying New Symptoms of ADHD in Adulthood. Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders and Psychological Maladjustment. Educational and Occupational Functioning. Drug Use and Antisocial Behavior. Health, Lifestyle, Money Management, and Driving. Sex, Dating and Marriage, Parenting, and Psychological Adjustment of Offspring. Neuropsychological Functioning. Summary, Conclusions, and Treatment Implications.
"For the first time ever, readers are able to gain an empirically derived, comprehensive contrast of how ADHD is uniquely exhibited, categorized, and treated in adulthood versus childhood...Clinicians, researchers, graduate students, and the educated lay public will feel that they have at once found both an authoritative reference on ADHD in adulthood and a text that actually addresses the common experiences of many adults with ADHD." - PsycCRITIQUES "Rigorous, comprehensive, informative, and impressive...I would strongly recommend this work to those routinely involved in the assessment and treatment of patients with adult ADHD...The authors succeed splendidly in their effort to communicate the severity of adult ADHD and to advance concepts about its nature and ideas of addressing its related impairments." - Psychiatric Services
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