Outside the Box: Rethinking Add/Adhd in Children and Adults - a Practical Guide

by Thomas E Brown PH.D.

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Author: Thomas E Brown PH.D.

Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub

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ISBN 10: 1585624276
ISBN 13: 978-1585624270

Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults A Practical Guide assails decades-old assumptions and presents an up-to-date, science-based understanding of this disorder that causes significant impairment and considerable suffering for about 8% to 10% of children and at least 5% of adults.

Designed for the layperson, as well as for clinicians, the book offers science-based answers in plain, understandable language to questions such as the following: Why are those with ADD/ADHD able to focus very well on a few tasks in which they have strong interest but are unable to focus adequately on many other tasks they recognize as important? How is ADHD like having erectile dysfunction of the mind? Is medication treatment for ADHD more or less risky than its not being treated with medicine?

Both down-to-earth and cutting-edge, Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults A Practical Guide highlights multiple perspectives on how this disorder affects children and adults who suffer from it, as well as those who love and care for them.

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Out of the Box is arguably the best practical book ever written on ADHD. Brown persuasively conveys that ADHD appears in many forms across the lifespan and sets the record straight in terms of its linkage with core problems in working memory, emotion regulation, activation, and motivation. Laden with compelling case examples that humanize this condition, the writing is both authoritative and readable. Overall, the book masterfully blends the underlying science related to ADHD with extremely helpful guidance for assessment and treatment. It is a must-read for anyone dealing with ADHD. --Stephen P. Hinshaw, Phvsaa.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

This book is yet another example of Dr. Brown s exceptional ability to convey complex information about ADHD to a broad audience in easily understandable terms yet based on the scientific evidence and current scientific theories about ADHD. He has long championed the idea that ADHD is far more than a disorder of attention, but one of the brains executive functions - mental abilities that are crucial to self-control and future-directed behavior. It is a view of ADHD I share. This book continues that theme, providing not only a fine understanding of the disorder, is complexity, and its causes, but also a number of insightful cases as well as numerous evidence-based recommendations concerning its management. --Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina

This brilliant book by a superb clinician-researcher compresses a wealth of vital, practical information into a marvelously user-friendly and engaging format. It is chock-full of everything anyone interested in ADHD wants to know, arranged in such a way that you can find what you want and will never be bored. --Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Driven to Distraction and other books

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Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults -- A Practical Guide assails decades-old assumptions and presents an up-to-date, science-based understanding of this disorder that causes significant impairment and considerable suffering for about 8%--10% of children and at least 5% of adults.

Designed for the layperson, as well as for clinicians, the book offers science-based answers -- in plain, understandable language -- to questions such as the following: "Why are those with ADD/ADHD able to focus very well on a few tasks in which they have strong interest but are unable to focus adequately on many other tasks they recognize as important?" "How is ADHD like having 'erectile dysfunction' of the mind?" "Is medication treatment for ADHD more or less risky than its not being treated with medicine?"

The book is written in an accessible, even entertaining, way that provides science-based answers to a wide variety of questions about ADHD, its evaluation, and treatment that are often raised not only by adolescents and adults in the general public but also by professionals in pediatrics, general medicine, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, education, and related fields.

Both down-to-earth and cutting-edge, Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults -- A Practical Guide highlights multiple perspectives on how this disorder affects children and adults who suffer from it, as well as those who love and care for them.

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