Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent childhood psychiatric disorders of our time. The condition is defined by levels of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that are in impairing and developmentally inappropriate. Increasingly, there is a growing appreciation that for many individuals the disorder may persist into adulthood and be associated with significant social and economic burden. Conditions, such as ADHD, that are manifestly heterogeneous in terms of their clinical presentation, underlying neurobiology and treatment response, must be tackled on multiple fronts. This Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder provides a state of the art position on each of these fronts from leading clinicians and researchers from around the world. Broad in its scope and comprehensive in its detail, this book should be as useful to the student as it is to the experienced clinician or researcher.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the mostprevalent childhood psychiatric disorders of our time. Thecondition is defined by levels of inattention, hyperactivity andimpulsivity that are in impairing and developmentallyinappropriate. Increasingly, there is a growing appreciation thatfor many individuals the disorder may persist into adulthood and beassociated with significant social and economic burden.Conditions, such as ADHD, that are manifestly heterogeneous interms of their clinical presentation, underlying neurobiology andtreatment response, must be tackled on multiple fronts. ThisHandbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder provides astate of the art position on each of these fronts from leadingclinicians and researchers from around the world. Broad in itsscope and comprehensive in its detail, this book should be asuseful to the student as it is to the experienced clinician orresearcher.

About the EditorsList of ContributorsPreface (Michael Fitzgerald, Mark A.Bellgrove and Michael Gill).Part I: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES.Chapter 1 The History of Attention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder (Louise Sharkey & Michael Fitzgerald).Chapter 2 Diagnosis and Classification of ADHD in Childhood(Louise Sharkey & Michael Fitzgerald).Chapter 3 Diagnosis and Classification of ADHD in Adulthood(Aiveen Kirley).Chapter 4 ADHD and comorbid Oppositional Defiant and ConductDisorders (Paul McArdle).Chapter 5 ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Tourette'sSyndrome: Investigating the evidence for Clinical and GeneticOverlap (Louise Gallagher, Mark Bellgrove, Ziarih Hawi, RicardoSegurado & Michael Fitzgerald).Chapter 6 Forensic Aspects of ADHD (Susan Young).Part II: NEUROBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES.Chapter 7 Behaviour Genetic Approaches to the Study of ADHD(Kellie S. Bennett, Florence Levy and David A.Hay).Chapter 8 Molecular Genetic Aspects of Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder (Ziarih Hawi & Naomi Lowe).Chapter 9 Environmental Risk Factors and Gene-EnvironmentInteraction in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (EdwinaBarry and Michael Gill).Chapter 10 The Genetics of Adult ADHD (Frank A.Middleton and Stephen V. Faraone).Chapter 11 Functional Neuroimaging of Reward and MotivationalPathways in ADHD (Clare Kelly, Anouk Scheres, Edmund S.J.Sonuga-Barke, and F Xavier Castellanos).Chapter 12 Genes, Cognition and Brain Activity: TheEndophenotype Approach to ADHD (Mark A. Bellgrove, Ian H.Robertson and Michael Gill).Chapter 13 The Psychopharmacology of ADHD (Mary V. SolantoRussell Schachar and Abel Ickowicz).Chapter 14 Catecholamines and the Prefrontal Cortical Regulationof Behaviour and Attention (Amy F.T. Arnsten).Chapter 15 Stimulant Response in ADHD and Comorbid AnxietyDisorder (Alasdair Vance).Chapter 16 Avenues for Pharmacogenetic Research In ADHD(Edwina Barry, Ziarih Hawi, and Aiveen Kirley).Part III: TREATMENT PERSPECTIVES.Chapter 17 Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of ADHD (SusanYoung).Chapter 18 ADHD in the Classroom: Symptoms and Treatment(Will Wilkinson and Malie Lagendijk).Chapter 19 Psychosocial Treatments for Adults with ADHD (SamGoldstein and Robert Brooks).Chapter 20 Avenues for the Neuro-Remediation of ADHD: Lessonsfrom Clinical Neurosciences (Redmond G. O'Connell, Mark A.Bellgrove and Ian H. Robertson).Part IV: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS.Chapter 21 Evolutionary Aspects of ADHD (EsterKlimkeit and John L. Bradshaw).Chapter 22 Future Directions in ADHD Research and ClinicalPractice (Mark A. Bellgrove and Eric T. Taylor).Index.