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Paul Graves Hammerness
ISBN: 0-313-34302-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34302-5
168 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2008
List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Biographies of Disease
Reviews:
  • "Like a biography, this volume tells the complete story of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with information on its history, diagnosis, risk factors, drug development, treatment, complications and associated conditions, and effects on the family. Hammerness (pediatric ADHD research, Harvard Medical School, and child and adolescent psychiatry, Newton Wellesley Hospital) reviews and summarizes the scientific literature for general readers and concludes with a chapter on recent advances, including genetic investigations, brain imaging, and adult ADHD."
    —SciTech Book News     3/1/2009
Description: Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they need to understand the origin of various maladies, how they impact contemporary society, and how doctors and researchers from around the world are fighting to devise treatments to alleviate or cure these diseases. This volume, ADHD, examines Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the controversial affliction with which millions of boys and girls are diagnosed every year.

 Title Features:
The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disorder.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Preface
    Chapter 1.What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD)?
    Chapter 2.How is ADHD Diagnosed?
    Chapter 3.How does a child get ADHD?
    Chapter 4.The process of drug development
    Chapter 5.Treatment of ADHD
    Chapter 6.Complications and Associations with ADHD
    Chapter 7.How ADHD Affects the Family
    Chapter 8.Clinical and Scientific Research in ADHD
    Appendix
    Glossary
    Bibliography
About the Author: PAUL GRAVES HAMMERNESS is the Scientific Coordinator for Pediatric ADHD research at the Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is also consulting physician in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Newton Wellesley Hospital.
PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Science and Health 2008.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
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