Attention deficits and hyperactivity in children / Stephen P. Hinshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinshaw, Stephen P.

Series:

Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; 29.

Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 155 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1994.

Summary:

Children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have major difficulties with achievement; in school they exhibit defiance, aggression, and other antisocial behavior. This volume provides basic information regarding clinical, conceptual, diagnostic, etiologic, and treatment-related issues on ADHD.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface; Chapter 1 - Background Issues, Core Symptoms, and Associated Features; Key Background Issues; Defining Features; Prevalence; Harmful Dysfunction?; Associated Features and Comorbidity; Summary; Chapter 2 - Assessment and Diagnosis; Reliability and Validity; Cross-Informant Consistency in the Assessment of ADHD; Theoretical Framework for Assessment; Key Assessment Tools; Amalgamating Disparate Sources of Information; Summary; Chapter 3 - The Nature of the Disorder and Etiologic Hypotheses; Methodologic and Conceptual Issues

The Nature of ADHD: Underlying Mechanisms; Etiology; Summary; Chapter 4 - Subgroups and Comorbidity; Pervasive versus Situational Hyperactivity; Attention Deficit Disorder with and without Hyperactivity; Comorbid Aggression in Children with ADHD; Associated Learning Disabilities and Underachievement; Comorbid Anxiety Disorders and Depression; Girls with ADHD; Summary; Chapter 5 - Course, Developmental Progressions, and Predictors of Outcome; Natural History of ADHD; Developmental Progressions and Predictors of Outcome; Which Factors Reliably Predict Long-Term Outcome in Children with ADHD?

Summary; Chapter 6 - Intervention Strategies; Conceptual Underpinnings of Treatment; Pharmacologic Intervention for ADHD; Behavioral Intervention for ADHD; Treatment Combinations; NIMH Multimodal Treatment Study for Children with ADHD; Final Thoughts; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483326740

1483326748

9781452254623

1452254621

OCLC:

1017731140