Interventions for ADHD: Treatment in Developmental Context

This important volume takes a lifespan perspective on ADHD dispelling the notion that it is only a disorder of childhood and enabling clinicians to develop effective and appropriate interventions for preschoolers school-age children adolescents and adults. Within a biogenetic neurodevelopmental framework the author reviews empirically and clinically based treatment interventions including psychopharmacology behavior management parent/teacher training and self-management techniques. Specific challenges and milestones for each clinical population are examined and related disturbances of self-control and impulsivity are placed in their developmental context.