Children with Hyperactivity: Understanding and Managing their Problems (Clinics in Developmental Medicine) - Hardcover

 
9781898683469: Children with Hyperactivity: Understanding and Managing their Problems (Clinics in Developmental Medicine)

Synopsis

The last ten years have seen major advances in the scientific understanding of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Written by a team of experts with international reputations in the field, this book incorporates the latest research findings to provide a practical, comprehensive and evidence-based approach to clinical work with ADHD, hyperkinetic disorder and similar complex neurodevelopmental disabilities. It gives the scientific basis of current understanding alongside practical, step-by-step instructions on how to treat the problem and educate parents and teachers about it. Essential reading for professionals of all kinds who deal with hyperactive children and people with ADHD.

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About the Author

Professor EricTaylor is Head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London.

From the Back Cover

The last 10 years have seen major advances in the scientific understanding of ADHD. This book builds on them to provide a practical, comprehensive and evidence-based approach to clinical work with ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder, and to similar problems in people with complex neurodevelopmental disabilities. This is a book for professionals of all kinds who deal with hyperactive children and people with ADHD. It explains the science base of understanding it and gives practical step-by-step instructions on how to treat it - including informative leaflets for parents and teachers.

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The last 10 years have seen major advances in the scientific understanding of ADHD. This book builds on them to provide a practical, comprehensive and evidence-based approach to clinical work with ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder, and to similar problems in people with complex neurodevelopmental disabilities. This is a book for professionals of all kinds who deal with hyperactive children and people with ADHD. It explains the science base of understanding it and gives practical step-by-step instructions on how to treat it - including informative leaflets for parents and teachers.

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