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THE GUILFORD PRESS
Attention-Deficit HyperActivity DisorDer
Selected Works from Russell A. Barkley
For ProFessionals
ADHD and the Nature of Self-Control
Russell A. Barkley
ADHD in Adults: What the Science Says
Russell A. Barkley, Kevin R. Murphy, and Mariellen Fischer
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Third Edition: A Clinical Workbook
Russell A. Barkley and Kevin R. Murphy
Barkley Adult ADHD Rating Scale–IV (BAARS-IV)
Russell A. Barkley
Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS for Adults)
Russell A. Barkley
Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale—Children and Adolescents (BDEFS-CA)
Russell A. Barkley
Barkley Functional Impairment Scale (BFIS for Adults)
Russell A. Barkley
Barkley Functional Impairment Scale—Children and Adolescents (BFIS-CA)
Russell A. Barkley
Defiant Children, Third Edition: A Clinician’s Manual for Assessment and Parent Training
Russell A. Barkley
Defiant Teens, Second Edition: A Clinician’s Manual for Assessment and Family Intervention
Russell A. Barkley and Arthur L. Robin
Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved
Russell A. Barkley
For General readers
Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents
Russell A. Barkley
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
Russell A. Barkley with Christine M. Benton
Your Defiant Child, Second Edition: Eight Steps to Better Behavior
Russell A. Barkley and Christine M. Benton
Your Defiant Teen, Second Edition: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship
Russell A. Barkley and Arthur L. Robin with Christine M. Benton
For mor information, visit www.russellbarkley.org.
Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
A Handbook for Diagnosis and treatment
F o u R t h E d i t i o n
Edited by
russell A. Barkley
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder : a handbook for diagnosis and treatment.—
Fourth edition / edited by Russell A. Barkley.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4625-1772-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-1-4625-3887-4 (paperback)
1. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Attention-
deficit hyperactivity disorder—Treatment—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Behavior
therapy for children—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Barkley, Russell A., 1949– editor of
compilation.
RJ496.A86A883 2014
618.92′8589—dc23
2014010757
To my grandsons
Liam and Craig,
for yet another opportunity to experience
the joys of childhood
About the Editor
Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia
Treatment Center for Children and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the
author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking
Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published six assessment scales and
more than 280 scientific articles and book chapters on ADHD, executive functioning, and
childhood defiance, and is editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. A frequent conference
presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president
of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psy-
chological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and
Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of
Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.
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Contributors
Andrew AdesmAn, md, Department of Pediatrics, stePhAnie L. CArdoos, mA, Department
Hofstra North Shore–Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley,
Hempstead, New York Berkeley, California
LenArd A. AdLer, md, Departments of Psychiatry AniL ChACko, Phd, Department of Applied Psychology,
and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human
School of Medicine, New York, New York Development, New York University, New York, New York
CArLA C. ALLAn, Phd, ADHD Specialty Clinic, Alyssa Chimiklis, BA, Department of Psychology,
Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri Queens College, City University of New York,
New York, New York
sAmueL ALPerin, Bs, Hofstra North Shore–Long
AndreA Chronis-tusCAno, Phd, Department of
Island Jewish School of Medicine, Hofstra University,
Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Hempstead, New York
dAnieL f. Connor, md, Division of Child
LindsAy Anderson, mA, Department of Psychology,
and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Medical
Queens College, City University of New York,
School and Health Care, Farmington, Connecticut
New York, New York
meLindA CornweLL, BA, Department of Psychology,
L. eugene ArnoLd, md, med, Nisonger Center,
Queens College, City University of New York,
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
New York, New York
AmAndA BAder, BA, Department of Education,
george J. duPAuL, Phd, Department of Education
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and Human Services, Lehigh University,
russeLL A. BArkLey, Phd, Departments of Psychiatry Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, gregory A. fABiAno, Phd, Department of Counseling,
Charleston, South Carolina School, and Educational Psychology, University at Buffalo,
JosePh BiedermAn, md, Department of Psychiatry, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
Harvard Medical School and Joint Program in Pediatric LAuren m. friedmAn, BA, Department of Psychology,
Psychopharmacology, McLean General Hospital University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
miChAeL gordon, Phd, Department of Psychiatry,
Jennifer BoLden, Phd, Department of Psychology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee Syracuse, New York
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viii Contributors
Bergljot gyda gudmundsdottir, ma, stephen r. pliszKa, md, Department
Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center,
Kingston, Rhode Island San Antonio, Texas
stephen p. hinshaw, phd, Department of Psychology, jefferson B. prinCe, md, Department of Psychiatry,
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California Harvard Medical School and Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;
Betsy hoza, phd, Department of Psychology,
Department of Child Psychiatry, MassGeneral for Children
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
at North Shore Medical Center, Salem, Massachusetts
elizaBeth hurt, phd, School of Professional Psychology,
j. russell ramsay, phd, Department of Psychiatry,
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Charlotte johnston, phd, Department of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
marK d. rapport, phd, Department of Psychology,
British Columbia, Canada
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
laura e. Knouse, phd, Department of Psychology,
walter roBerts, ms, Department of Psychology,
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
miChael j. Kofler, phd, Department of Psychology,
arthur l. roBin, phd, Department of Psychiatry
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
joshua m. langBerg, phd, Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Michigan,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Detroit, Michigan
Richmond, Virginia
niCole K. sChatz, phd, Department of Counseling,
lawrenCe j. lewandowsKi, phd, School, and Educational Psychology, University at Buffalo,
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
Syracuse, New York
Cheri j. shapiro, phd, Institute for Families in Society
Benjamin j. lovett, phd, Department of Psychology, and College of Social Work, University of South Carolina,
State University of New York Cortland, Cortland, New York Columbia, South Carolina
julia d. mcQuade, phd, Department of Psychology, Bradley h. smith, phd, Department of
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts Educational Psychology, College of Education,
amori yee miKami, phd, Department of University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, mary v. solanto, phd, Department of Psychiatry,
British Columbia, Canada New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
riChard miliCh, phd, Department of Psychology, thomas j. spenCer, md, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Harvard Medical School, and Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Kevin r. murphy, phd, Adult ADHD Clinic Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
of Central Massachusetts, Northboro, Massachusetts jodi uderman, ma, Department of Psychology, Queens
sarah a. orBan, ms, Department of Psychology, College, City University of New York, New York, New York
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida lisa l. weyandt, phd, Department of Psychology,
elizaBeth B. owens, phd, Institute of Human University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
Development, University of California, Berkeley, timothy e. wilens, md, Departments of
Berkeley, California Child Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychopharmacology,
gina pera, Bs, author and educator, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Psychiatry,
San Francisco, California Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
linda j. pfiffner, phd, Department of eriK g. willCutt, phd, Department of Psychology
Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder,
San Francisco, California Boulder, Colorado
