What You Think ADD/ADHD Is, It Isn't: Symptoms and Neuropsychological Testing Through Time

ISBN-13: 9781439839966 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 506 str.

Barbara C. Fisher

Opis

This volume discusses every aspect of ADD from initial evaluation to treatment. It stresses its relationship to brain behavior, presents a battery of tests for properly diagnosing ADD, and proposes practical treatment solutions. Written by an expert in the field who is the mother of an ADD child, it provides a unique perspective on this complex disorder. The book emphasizes a "whole" treatment approach, including clinical, psychological and neurological methods as well as brain retraining, nutritional strategies and the development of coping mechanisms. It is anessential text for professionals in related disciplines who approach ADD as a biochemical medical disorder.

Spis treści

Common Definition of ADD/ADHD as We Know It Today: DSM-IV-TR. Description of the Population. Description of Tests Administered. Child Neuropsychological Testing for ADD/ADHD. Adolescent Neuropsychological Testing for ADD/ADHD. Adult Neuropsychological Testing for ADD/ADHD. Description of the Self-Report Measures Administered. Results of the Child Self-Report Measure/Checklist. Results of the Adolescent Self-Report Measure/Checklists. Results of the Adult Self-Report Measures/Checklists. Trends from the Data: What Do the Correlations Tell Us? Published Research Resulting from This Study. Review of the Research for ADHD. Review of the Comorbid Research and ADHD. Review of the Research for Sleep and ADHD. Review of Research for Inattention and ADHD. Index.

O autorze

Dr. Barbara C. Fisher is the author of three prior books on ADD/ ADHD. Trained as a neuropsychologist, she has been involved in the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD for over 20 years. On the cutting edge of assessing ADD/ADHD with neuropsychological testing, she does not rely upon self-report measures for diagnosis. Rather, she has used the same comprehensive battery of tests over time to demonstrate when the problem is purely ADD Inattentive disorder and when there is the impact of additional issues beyond ADD, which has resulted in more positive effects for treatment.