Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment

Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this handbook presents the latest knowledge on the nature, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Provided are state-of-the-art guidelines for understanding and managing the challenges ADHD poses to children, adolescents, and adults in a range of settings. Featuring a new chapter on combined therapies, the third edition is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date work in the field.

I. The Nature of ADHD

1. History, Russell A. Barkley

2. Primary Symptoms, Diagnostic Criteria, Prevalence, and Gender Differences, Russell A. Barkley

3. Associated Cognitive, Developmental, and Health Problems, Russell A. Barkley

4. Comorbid Disorders, Social and Family Adjustment, and Subtyping, Russell A. Barkley

5. Etiologies, Russell A. Barkley

6. ADHD in Adults: Developmental Course and Outcome of Children with ADHD, and ADHD in Clinic-Referred Adults, Russell A. Barkley

7. A Theory of ADHD, Russell A. Barkley

II. Assessment

8. Diagnostic Interview, Behavior Rating Scales, and the Medical Examination, Russell A. Barkley and Gwenyth Edwards

9. Tests and Observational Measures, Michael Gordon, Russell A. Barkley, and Ben Lovett

10. Integrating the Results of an Evaluation: Ten Clinical Cases, William L. Hathaway, Jodi K. Dooling-Litfin, and Gwenyth Edwards

11. Assessment of Adults with ADHD, Kevin R. Murphy and Michael Gordon

III. Treatment

12. Counseling and Training Parents, Arthur D. Anastopoulos, Laura Hennis Rhoads, and Suzanne E. Farley

13. COPE: Large-Group, Community-Based, Family-Centered Parent Training, Charles E. Cunningham

14. Training Families with Adolescents with ADHD,

Arthur L. Robin

15. Treatment of ADHD in School Settings, Linda Pfiffner, Russell A. Barkley, and George J. DuPaul

16. Student-Mediated Conflict Resolution Programs, Charles E. Cunningham and Lesley J. Cunningham

17. Stimulants, Daniel F. Connor

18. Antidepressant and Specific Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Treatments, Thomas J. Spencer

19. Other Medications, Daniel F. Connor

20. Combined Child Therapies, Bradley H. Smith, Russell A. Barkley, and Cheri J. Shapiro

21. Psychological Counseling of Adults with ADHD,

Kevin R. Murphy

22. Pharmacotherapy of ADHD in Adults, Jefferson B. Prince, Timothy E. Wilens, Thomas J. Spencer, and Joseph Biederman