Attention deficits and hyperactivity in children / / Stephen P. Hinshaw

• Autore: Hinshaw Stephen P
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1994; ©1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 155 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 618.928589
• Soggetto topico: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 treatment-related issues on ADHD.
• Titolo autorizzato: Attention deficits and hyperactivity in children
• ISBN: 1-4833-2674-8; 1-4522-5462-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791079203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; ; 29.