The handbook examines the latest research and clinical advancements in assessing and treating ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) across the lifespan. It synthesizes the most current research data and trends combined with best-practice interventions to form a comprehensive, state-of-the-art resource. The handbook identifies the most relevant, effective treatments for individuals with ADHD.

Key areas of coverage include:

• Core symptoms of ADHD in minority children.
• Lifestyles for children with ADHD.
• Digital interventions for children and adolescents with ADHD.
• Telemedicine to manage ADHD across the lifespan.
• Healthcare use and costs for adults with ADHD.
  The Clinical Handbook of ADHD Assessment and Treatment Across the Lifespan is an essential reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians and other professionals across such interrelated disciplines as clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, rehabilitation medicine/therapy, pediatrics, and special education.

Provides a comprehensive review of research and clinical advancements in assessing and treating ADHD Synthesizes research data, trends, and best-practice interventions for ADHD in a single state-of-the-art resource Identifies the most relevant, effective treatments for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Autorentext

Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D., is Professor and Distinguished Research Master in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge. Previously, he was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has served as major professor for 72 doctoral candidates and is the author of more than 900 publications, including 52 books. Dr. Matson is the founding editor of the Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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Chapter 1. ADHD in culturally and linguistically diverse children.- Chapter 2. Gender Differences in Adults with ADHD.- Chapter 3. Autonomic Nervous System Functioning in ADHD.- Chapter 4. Effects of Alertness and Inhibitory Control on Adults with ADHD.- Chapter 5. Executive Functions and Emotional Lability in Adults with ADHD.- Chapter 6. Cognitive Event Related Potentials and ADHD Across the Lifespan.- Chapter 7. Adult Persons with ADHD and Their Lifestyle.- Chapter 8. Teacher knowledge of ADHD in children.- Chapter 9. Environmental Risk Factors for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.- Chapter 10. ADHD and Sleep Problems.- Chapter 11. ADHD Symptom Malingering and Nonmedical Drug Use in Adults.- Chapter 12. ADHD and Risk-Taking Behavior: Associations, Mechanisms, Interventions.- Chapter 13. Conduct disorder in ADHD.- Chapter 14. ADHD and Depression.- Chapter 15. Comorbid Diagnosis of ASD and ADHD: Assessment and Treatment Considerations.- Chapter 16. Measuring impulsivity and its underlying features in ADHD.- Chapter 17. School-Based Interventions and Accommodations for ADHD.- Chapter 18. Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents.- Chapter 19. Self-report Measures for Assessing ADHD in Adults.- Chapter 20. Social Relationships of Individuals with ADHD Across the Lifespan.- Chapter 21. Group Parent Child ADHD Treatments.- Chapter 22. Physical Exercise to Treat ADHD.- Chapter 23. Telemedicine to Manage ADHD.- Chapter 24. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adults with ADHD.- Chapter 25. Mindfulness Interventions for ADHD.- Chapter 26. Medications for Children and Adolescents with ADHD.