ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know

by American Academy of Pediatrics, Mark L. Wolraich, MD, FAAP, Joseph F. Hagan Jr, MD, FAAP

Overview

This comprehensive guide to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) offers parents balanced, reassuring, and authoritative information to help them understand and manage this challenging and often misunderstood condition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610022644
Publisher:	American Academy of Pediatrics
Publication date:	05/21/2019
Edition description:	3rd
Pages:	342
Sales rank:	101,080
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 pediatricians. Joseph F. Hagan, Jr., MD, FAAP, is a clinical professor of pediatrics at The Robert Larner, MD College of Medicine at the University of Vermont and UVM Children’s Hospital. Mark L. Wolraich, MD, FAAP, is the Shaun Walters Professor of Pediatrics, Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, and chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. 

Table of Contents

Please Note viii

A Note on Gender viii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 What Is ADHD? 1

Chapter 2 Does My Child Have ADHD? Evaluation and Diagnosis 17

Chapter 3 What Should We Do? Treatment Options 39

Chapter 4 The Role of Medications 67

Chapter 5 Managing ADHD at Home 95

Chapter 6 Parent Training in Behavior Management: Parenting Techniques That Work 119

Chapter 7 Your Child at School 151

Chapter 8 Advocating for Your Child and Others 189

Chapter 9 When It Is Not Just ADHD: Identifying Coexisting Conditions 211

Chapter 10 Complementary and Alternative Treatments for ADHD 249

Chapter 11 ADHD in Adolescence 273

Chapter 12 A Look at Your Child's Future 309

Index 331

Editorial Reviews

With its arsenal of experts, evidence-based research and trusted name, the American Academy of Pediatrics sets out to demystify and untangle the knot of controversy surrounding one of today's hot-button health issues: ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Nothing unnerves parents more than confronting the realization that their child might be diagnosed with ADHD at least until they face the mountain of potentially disreputable books, articles and Web sites dedicated to the topic and the media hype that has made ADHD a dreaded household word. The concern is not unfounded: ADHD affects 6% to 9% of the school-age population, a childhood problem second only to asthma. What's more, much of the confusion occurs because behaviors associated with ADHD inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity are exhibited by all children at some time. The AAP's intent for this guide is to provide a single source that reveals the truth about the disorder, diagnosis, treatment and lifelong management of ADHD. While nothing about ADHD is easy, this book is well structured and surprisingly easy to understand (although the writing is rather clinical and devoid of warmth), as it walks parents through the difficult process of defining the disorder and its various subtypes. Parents will appreciate the abundant charts, myth-busting sidebars, case studies, parenting strategies and clarifying message: diagnosing and effectively treating ADHD relies on the dedicated, long-term teamwork among a child's parents, teachers, mental health professionals and physicians. (Apr.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

"While nothing about ADHD is easy, this book is well-structured and surprisingly easy to understand . . . as it walks parents through the difficult process of defining the disorder and its various subtypes. Parents will appreciate the abundant charts, myth-busting sidebars, case studies, parenting strategies, and clarifying message: diagnosing and effectively treating ADHD relies on the dedicated, long-term teamwork among a child's parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and physicians." —Publishers Weekly on the first edition

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