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Hyperactivity and Attention Disorders of Childhood

Hyperactivity and Attention Disorders of Childhood

Hyperactivity and Attention Disorders of Childhood

2nd Edition
Seija Sandberg, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London
August 2002
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    Building on the success of the first edition and addressing the advances in the field since its publication, Seija Sandberg has brought together a distinguished, international team to review the area of attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) in children and young adults. This new edition is thoroughly revised and updated, with new chapters dealing with the genetic background and the adult form of the disorder. Several of the topics dealt with in the first edition are being covered by new authors in the second.

    • Thoroughly revised and updated new edition of an important and well-reviewed book
    • Some completely new chapters, such as those covering the genetic background and the adult form of the disorder
    • Written by an international team of expert researchers and clinicians in the field

    Reviews & endorsements

    "This is an incredibly comprehensive book, which contains a wealth of information. This book will appeal to a broad readership, and I would recommend it particularly to all clinicians working with ADHD children." Lindsey Kent, Psychological Medicine

    "...comprehensive...This book communicates issues of which many practitioners and researchers may not be aware..." Lindsey Kent, University of Birmingham, British Journal of Psychiatry

    "Compiled by a distinguished group of internationally renowned experts in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and brain sciences, this influential and informative book presents current advances in the understanding of hyperactivity and attentional problems. It is a comprehensive work that aims to review and extend the considerable developments that have occurred in the conceptualization of, and research into, ADHD since the original publication in 1996...The range and diversity of the topics covered by this book is its major strength." British Journal of Clinical Psychology

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    Product details

    August 2002
    Paperback
    9780521789615
    520 pages
    247 × 176 × 26 mm
    1.088kg
    10 tables
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Historical development Seija Sandberg and Joanne Barton
    • 2. Epidemiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: what have we learned over the last decade? Jan K. Buitelaar
    • 3. Cross-cultural/ethnical aspects of childhood hyperactivity Ernest S. L. Luk, Patrick W. L. Leung and T. P. Ho
    • 4. Sex differences and their significance Ellen Heptinstall and Eric Taylor
    • 5. Classification of hyperactivity R. Schacher and J. Sergeant
    • 6. The role of attention J. J. van der Meere
    • 7. Cognitive aspects and learning Erika Hagemann, David A. Hay and Florence Levy
    • 8. Developmental perspectives Sheryl Olson
    • 9. Genetic contributions Irwin D. Waldman and Soo Hyun Rhee
    • 10. Biological underpinnings of ADHD F. Xavier Castellanos and James Swanson
    • 11. Psychosocial contributions Seija Sandberg
    • 12. Institutional care as a risk factor for inattention/overactivity Michael Rutter, Penny Roy and Jana Kreppner
    • 13. Treatments Peter S. Jensen and the MTA Group
    • 14. Attention deficity hyperactivity disorder in adults Brian Toone and Eric Taylor
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • Seija Sandberg, Joanne Barton, Jan K. Buitelaar, Ernest S. L. Luk, Patrick W. L. Leung, T. P. Ho, Ellen Heptinstall, Eric Taylor, R. Schacher, J. Sergeant, J. J. van der Meere, Erika Hagemann, David A. Hay, Florence Levy, Sheryl Olson, Irwin D. Waldman, Soo Hyun Rhee, F. Xavier Castellanos, James Swanson, Seija Sandberg, Michael Rutter, Penny Roy, Jana Kreppner, Peter S. Jensen, Brian Toone, Eric Taylor

    • Editor
    • Seija Sandberg , Royal Free and University College Medical School, London

      Specialist's qualifications in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry both in Finland and the UK; worked mostly in the UK, as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist since 1977, held Senior Lecturer posts at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of Glasgow, and the Royal London Hospital. Docent (Reader) at the University of Turku, Finland since 1986. For the previous 3 years worked in Finland (Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki). Carried out clinical and epidemiological research in hyperactivity in the UK. Set up Parent Skills Training programs for pre-school overactivity in Glasgow and in Helsinki. Other research interests include the role of stress in children's physical and mental health. Author of one book on hyperactivity and editor of another one. Other publications include some 70 scientific papers and book chapters. Date of birth 29.5.44.