| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Author Appointments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue: ADHD and proud -- ADHD: background and introduction / Val Harpin -- Referral: how to inform, educate and support referrers / Val Harpin -- Diagnostic assessment: a step-by-step approach / Val Harpin -- Coexisting difficulties / Val Harpin -- Psychoeducation and behavioural management / David Daley -- Medication: the drugs available to treat ADHD / Peter Hill -- Using, monitoring and optimising medication Peter Hill Monitoring growth / Val Harpin -- Cardiac issues: initial assessment and monitoring of medication / Eric Rosenthal -- School and classroom strategies for the teaching and management of children with ADHD / Fintan O'Regan -- How coexisting difficulties may affect the management of ADHD / Val Harpin and Shatha Shibib -- The role of the ADHD nurse specialist / Julie Warburton and Mel Seymour -- Young people and ADHD / Caroline Bleakley -- Girls and young women with ADHD / Nicholas Myttas -- ADHD and substance misuse in young people / KAH Mirza, Sudeshni Mirza and Roshin M Sudesh -- Transition to adult services in ADHD / Helen Crimlisk -- Appendices -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is an accessible and practical guide on all aspects of assessment of children and young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how they can be managed successfully. The multi-professional team of authors discusses referral, assessment and diagnosis, psychological management, pharmacological management, and co-existing conditions, as well as ADHD in the school setting. New research on girls with ADHD is also featured. Case scenarios are included that bring these topics to life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 20, 2017) |
| Subject |
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Treatment
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis.
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescence
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Hyperactive children.
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity -- therapy
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Attention-deficit disorder in adolescence
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Treatment
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Hyperactive children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harpin, Valerie, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781909962736 |
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1909962732 |
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9781909962750 |
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1909962759 |
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1909962740 |
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9781909962743 |
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