Attention Deficit Disorder Misdiagnosis: Approaching ADD from a Brain-Behavior/Neuropsychological Perspective for Assessment and Treatment - Hardcover

Fisher, Barbara C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574440977 ISBN 13: 9781574440973

Publisher: CRC Press, 1997

Synopsis

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is one of the least understood medical conditions. With no specific test available, misdiagnosis is common and the results can be devastating for both the parents and the child. Because no one can agree on a single definition for the disorder, confusion is rampant and treatment is only mildly successful at best.
Attention Deficit Disorder Misdiagnosis addresses these problems in a systematic and logical fashion. It presents a battery of tests for properly diagnosing ADD, stresses its relationship to brain behavior and proposes practical treatment solutions. Written by an expert in the field who also happens to be the mother of an ADD child, it presents a unique perspective on this complex yet all too pervasive disorder.
This is an essential text for doctors, parents and any individual working with an ADD child or adult. It will also help professionals in related disciplines approach ADD as a biochemical medical disorder and understand the reasons for its inherent complexity and frequent misdiagnosis.

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Review

"It is Dr. Fisher's discussion of medications that will draw me back again and again to her text. I believe that clinicians will find much useful information in this book that will prove valuable in their work with children and adults with attention disorders." --Miriam E. Sexton, Ph. D., in Psychiatric Services

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1574440977
• ISBN 13: 9781574440973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432