Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment for Health and Mental Professionals

260 Pages·2003·1.11 MB·English

by  Larry B. Silver

Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder
A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and
Treatment for Health and Mental
Health Professionals
Third Edition
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Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder
A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and
Treatment for Health and Mental
Health Professionals
Third Edition
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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C.
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London, England
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Silver, Larry B.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a clinical guide to diagnosis and
treatment for health and mental health professionals / Larry B. Silver.—3rd ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-58562-131-5 (alk. paper)
1. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity—diagnosis. 2.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity—therapy. WS 350.8.A8
S587a 2003]
RJ506.H9S545 2003
616.85′89—dc21 2003052128
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Contents
About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
I
Introduction
and Overview
1
Introduction: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. . . . . . 1
2
The Continuum of Neurologically Based Disorders . . . . . . . . . 9
3
History of Attention Disorders Including
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
4
Etiology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder . . . . . . .23
II
Diagnosis
5
Clinical Findings Suggestive of Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
6
Establishing the Diagnosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
III
Associated Disorders
7
Specific Learning Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
8
Regulating Disorders and Tic Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
9
Secondary Psychiatric Disorders and Social Difficulties. . . . . .89
IV
Treatment
10
Basic Treatment Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
11
Educating the Individual and
the Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
12
Clinical Interventions With the Individual,
Parents, or Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
13
Working With the School System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
14
Behavioral Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
15
Psychopharmacology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
16
Controversial Therapies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
V
Special Topics
17
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults. . . . . . . .201
18
Relevant Educational and Civil Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
VI
Conclusions
19
Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
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About the Author
L
arry B. Silver, M.D., a child and adolescent
psychiatrist, is in private practice in the Washington, D.C., area. He is
also a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University School
of Medicine, Washington, D.C. Previously, he served as the Acting Di-
rector and Deputy Director of the National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland, and as a Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Pedi-
atrics, and Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Robert
Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Piscataway, New Jersey.
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