Attention deficits and hyperactivity in children
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 treatm...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE
1994.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798171106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
