Clinician's Guide to Adult ADHD: Assessment and Intervention

This text offers practicing clinicians strategies, interventions, suggestions, guidance and ideas to work with adults struggling with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and is intended as a reference to which clinicians will turn time and time again as issues or problems present themselves. The text will also provide a comprehensive review of the scientific literature and expand the development of an ongoing model to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Audience: Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, adult education specialists, college counselors.

This book is devoted to the treatment of adult ADHD, presenting a comprehensive review of the existing literature, a practical set of clinical guidelines, and the observations and insights of professionals on the research and the clinical treatment of this condition. Clinician's Guide to Adult ADHD offers promising techniques combined with the application of treatment methods conforming to accepted community standards and the responsible interpretation of clinical science. The book provides an overview of childhood ADHD, current research in the field relative to adult ADHD, assessment, clinical case studies, and chapters dealing with medical, psychosocial, psychological, marital, legal, and lifestyle issues.

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Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention The 1-2-3's of Treatment Planning Sharon L. Johnson Paper, 1997
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Mental health, development, and education scholars discuss how the controversial attention-deficit syndrome affects adults as well as children and adolescents. Among their topics are research on comorbidity, the assessment process, the clinician's role in treatment, strategies for changing the mindset of adults, pharmacotherapy, legal issues, and making marriages work for people with ADHS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR