All About Attention Deficit Disorder: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment, Children and Adults - Softcover

Phelan Ph.D., Thomas W.

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9781889140001: All About Attention Deficit Disorder: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment, Children and Adults

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ISBN 10: 1889140007 ISBN 13: 9781889140001

Publisher: Child Management Inc, 1996

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The information, tools and emotional support you need. In ten short years, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD) has jumped from obscurity to centre stage. Today we know a lot more about this troublesome and non-curable condition that affects approximately 20 million children and adults in the United States. The second edition of Dr. Thomas W Phelan's comprehensive and popular guide provides parents, teachers, physicians and mental health professionals with the latest information about ADD. In easy-to-understand and straight-forward language, All About Attention Deficit Disorder describes: The basic symptoms of ADD and their effects on school, work, home and personal relationships The differences between Combined Type (ADD with hyperactivity) and Inattentive Type (ADD without hyperactivity) Nine indicators that help predict the future The differences between ADD boys and girls Why the ADD diagnosis is often missed by qualified professionals Counselling, school interventions, behaviour management and social skills training

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In honest and straightforward language, this comprehensive guide describes how to recognise the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), how to best treat it, and how to handle its effects in everyday situations. Parents, teachers, physicians, and mental health professionals benefit from learning the latest on medication treatment for the disorder that affects approximately 20 million children and adults in the United States. This guide helps ADD individuals and their friends and families to understand ADD and to better serve the needs of ADD children and adults in school, workplace, and social situations. It has an approximate running time of 108 minutes.

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