Attention Deficit Disorder: Practical Coping Mechanisms

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ISBN: 9780849330995 | 0849330998
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Copyright: 12/4/2006

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Completely revised and updated, this Second Edition spans every issue related to ADD care and treatment. New chapters focus on emerging issues, the overlap of sleep disorders, how sleep disorders mimic ADD/ADHD and/or increase the symptoms, ADHD and sleep apnea, ADHD and restless legs or periodic limb movements in sleep, sleep in children, adolescents and adults, the aged population, ADD and women, novel treatment approaches, including a new cognitive training program, methods to diagnosis ADD/ADHD and separate it from other overlapping disorders, and mis-diagnosis.

Acknowledgments

Preface

vii

Contributors

SECTION A: DEFINING ADHD AND ITS SUBTYPES

Part I: What Is ADD/ADHD? Diagnosing This Disorder Through Time

Barbara C. Fisher

Part II: Recognized Subtypes of ADHD: Inattentive, Combined, and Hyperactive

Barbara C. Fisher

1. Will the Real ADD (ADHD Inattentive Type) Please Stand Up?

Barbara C. Fisher

2. Is the Combined Subtype Really ADHD or Is It Something Else?

Barbara C. Fisher

3. Disorders that Mimic ADHD Hyperactive Subtype

Barbara C. Fisher

4. Adult ADD/ADHD: What It Is and What It Is Not

Barbara C. Fisher

Part III: Reasons for the Overdiagnosis and Misdiagnosis of ADD/ADHD: An Introduction

Barbara C. Fisher

5. Misconceptions in the Scientific Community

Barbara C. Fisher

6. Diagnostic Concerns When Using Self-Report Measures as the "Gold Standard"

Barbara C. Fisher

7. Specific Emotional Disorders that Commonly Lead to Overdiagnosis

Barbara C. Fisher

8. Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury and ADD/ADHD

Barbara C. Fisher

9. Secondary Attentional Disturbances Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Ronald C. Savage

10. The Overlap of Sleep Apnea and ADD/ADHD

Barbara C. Fisher

11. The Relationship of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements Disorder in Sleep to ADHD

103

Arthur S. Walters

12. Cardiovascular Disease and ADD/ADHD

105

S. Korotkin

13. Using the Electroencephalogram to Rule Out Seizure Disorder

109

Bharat M. Tolia

14. Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Frontal Lobe Syndrome

113

Barbara C. Fisher and G. Avci-Wolf

Part IV: The Overlap of ADD/ADHD and Sleep Disorders—Introduction

129

Barbara C. Fisher

15. ADD/ADHD Symptoms and Daytime Sleepiness in Children

131

Barbara C. Fisher

16. ADD/ADHD Symptoms and Daytime Sleepiness in Teens, Young Adults, and Adults

135

Barbara C. Fisher

17. Risk Factors for Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

141

Yu-shu Huang and Christian Guilleminault

18. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements Disorder in Children and Adolescents

147

Daniel Picchietti and Karla M. Dzienkowski

19. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements Disorder in Adults

159

Wayne A. Hening

20. What Is Normal Sleep for Infants and Children?

163

Megan Rauch

21. Abnormal Sleep/Sleep Disorders in Children

183

Rafael Pelayo and Maria Cecilia Lopes

SECTION B: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ADD? THE EFFECT ON EVERYDAY LIFE

Part V: Primary Problems to Watch for in ADD Children

197

Barbara C. Fisher

22. Reading and Language Problems Related to ADD

199

Barbara C. Fisher and Nancy Torgerson

23. Specific Math Issues Related to ADD/ADHD

203

Barbara C. Fisher and Kathy Albrecht

24. Central Auditory Processing Disorder Versus ADD and Information-Processing Deficits

207

Barbara C. Fisher and Nancy Torgerson

25. ADD/ADHD Versus Brain-Related Symptoms in the Academic Setting

211

Barbara C. Fisher and Kathy Albrecht

Part VI: ADD/ADHD: Adult Issues

219

Barbara C. Fisher

26. ADD Symptoms in a Marriage

221

Barbara C. Fisher

27. The Effect of ADD/ADHD Upon the Family System

229

Barbara C. Fisher

28. ADD and Aging Gracefully

235

Barbara C. Fisher

29. Menopause, Amino Acids, Nutritional, and Neurotransmitter Influences on ADD/ADHD

251

Pamela W. Smith

30. Maintaining Multiple Roles as Wife, Mother, Professional, Daughter, and Sibling: Is There Any Time Left?

261

Barbara C. Fisher and G. Avci-Wolf

SECTION C: THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Part VII: Accurate Assessment Means Accurate Diagnosis and Accurate Treatment

269

Barbara C. Fisher

31. Step by Step Assessment of ADD/ADHD for the Clinician: Patterns to Look for in the Evaluation

275

Barbara C. Fisher

Part VIII: Accurate Diagnosis Means Accurate Treatment: Developing a Treatment Plan Following the Evaluation

287

Barbara C. Fisher

SECTION D: TREATMENT OPTIONS: DIRECTIONS AND PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS

Part IX: Neurochemistry of ADHD: Treatment and Implications

293

Donna Lynn Antonucci

Part X: Addressing Sleep: Why Is Sleep So Critical?

311

Barbara C. Fisher

32. What We Should Expect: Normal Sleep Statistics

313

Barbara C. Fisher

33. Behavioral Treatment of Sleep Disorders

315

Barbara C. Fisher

34. Behavioral Treatment of Bedwetting

325

Gerald Mark Rosen and Pearl Lee Yu

35. Options Following the Diagnosis of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

329

Barbara C. Fisher

Part XI: Obtaining Help Through the School

333

Sharon Witberg

Part XII: Maintaining One's Mental Health in a Challenging World

339

Barbara C. Fisher and K. Wrobel

Part XIII: Maintaining Physical Health with Weight/Strength Training

349

Ara H. Yardumian

Part XIV: Cognitive Training Programs

353

Barbara C. Fisher and Patricia Jason

Appendix A: Symptoms of ADHD Inattentive Type or ADD Without Hyperactivity in Children

361

Appendix B: Symptoms of ADHD Inattentive Type or ADD Without Hyperactivity in Adults

373

Index

385

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