People with Hyperactivity

Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 171
The last 10 years have seen major advances in the scientific understanding of ADHD. This book builds on them to provide a practical, comprehensive and evidence-based approach to clinical work with ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder, and to similar problems in people with complex neurodevelopmental disabilities. This is a book for professionals of all kinds who deal with hyperactive children and people with ADHD. It explains the science base of understanding it and gives practical step-by-step instructions on how to treat it – including informative leaflets for parents and teachers.

AUTHORS’ APPOINTMENTS vii

PREFACE xi

1. CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS 1

Eric Taylor

2. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS 27

Sarah Curran

3. DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT 53

Kapil Sayal

4. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 71

Jody Warner-Rogers

5. MEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND TESTS 86

Angie Stevens and Gillian Baird

6. MAKING A CASE FORMULATION: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 94

AND RECOGNIZING COMORBIDITY

Wai Chen

7. EDUCATION AND ADVICE 105

Maxine Sinclair

8. PHARMACOTHERAPY IN ADHD 118

Paramala J Santosh

9. BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE APPROACHES 142

Maxine Sinclair

10. ADHD AND SLEEP DISORDERS 160

Paul Gringras, Adam Jaffe and Stephen Sheldon

11. ASPECTS OF MEDICAL MANAGEMENT 170

Eric Taylor and Peter Hill

12. ADHD IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN 194

Margaret Thompson and Edmund Sonuga-Barke

13. HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERS IN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL 202

RETARDATION

Emily Simonoff

14. THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF ADHD IN 228

ADULTS

Philip J Asherson and JJ Sandra Kooij

INDEX 252