A Clinician’s Guide to ADHD

✍ Scribed by Joseph Sadek (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 122
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Clinician’s Guide to ADHD combines the useful diagnostic and treatment approaches advocated in different guidelines with insights from other sources, including recent literature reviews and web resources. The aim is to provide clinicians with clear, concise, and reliable advice on how to approach this complex disorder. The guidelines referred to in compiling the book derive from authoritative sources in different regions of the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. After introductory discussion of epidemiology and etiology, guidance is provided on diagnosis in different age groups, differential diagnosis, assessment for potential comorbidities, and the issue of ADHD and driving. Advice is then given on the appropriate use of pharmacological and psychosocial treatment, the management of adverse events, and follow-up. A series of relevant scales, questionnaires, and websites are also included.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-1
History of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder....Pages 3-5
Epidemiology and Etiology of ADHD....Pages 7-11
Impairment in Patients with ADHD....Pages 13-18
How to Diagnose ADHD in Children and Adolescents....Pages 19-21
How to Diagnose ADHD in Adults....Pages 23-25
Differential Diagnosis....Pages 27-28
ADHD Comorbidities....Pages 29-40
ADHD and Driving....Pages 41-46
Pharmacological Management of ADHD....Pages 47-62
Management of Adverse Events....Pages 63-71
Psychosocial Treatment of ADHD....Pages 73-83
Follow-Up of Patients with ADHD....Pages 85-85
Books for the Public....Pages 87-87
List of Scales – Children....Pages 89-92
List of Scales – Adults....Pages 93-94
Snap Scale – Children....Pages 95-99
Weiss Functional Impairment Scale – Adults....Pages 101-102
Weiss Scale – Parent Reporting....Pages 103-104
Weiss Scale – Self Report....Pages 105-109
Sadek Personal Adversity Questionnaire – Adults....Pages 111-112
Sadek Personality Difficulties Questionnaire – Adults....Pages 113-115
Back Matter....Pages 117-118

✦ Subjects

Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Clinical Psychology