Updated Understandings of ADHD in Children and Adults.

For over 100 years, ADHD has been seen as essentially a behavior disorder. Recent scientific research has developed a new paradigm which recognizes ADHD as a developmental disorder of the cognitive management system of the brain, its executive functions. This cutting-edge book pulls together key ide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Thomas E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Temas:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults.
Mental illness > Classification.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
ADHD.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Medicine.
Trouble déficitaire de l'attention.
Trouble déficitaire de l'attention chez l'adulte.
Maladies mentales > Classification.
Attention-deficit disorder in adults
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Mental illness
Classification
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 35 Myths about ADHD and Why they are Wrong; 2 A New Paradigm for an Old Disorder: ADHD as Impaired Executive Functions; 3 What Research Reveals about the Causes and Unfolding Nature of ADHD; 4 How the New Model Changes Assessment of ADHD in Children and Adults; 5 How Treatments for ADHD Affect the Brain and Improve Executive Functions; 6 Why Many Learning and Psychiatric Disorders so often Co-occur with ADHD; References; Index.

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