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    ADHD : what everyone needs to know / Stephen P. Hinshaw and Katherine Ellison.

    By: Hinshaw, Stephen P [author.]Contributor(s): Ellison, Katherine, 1957- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: What everyone needs to know: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xxiii, 191 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780190223809; 0190223804; 9780190223793; 0190223790Subject(s): Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder | Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderDDC classification: 618.92/8589 LOC classification: RJ506.H9 | H58 2016
    Contents:
    Part I: Facing the facts -- 1. What is ADHD? and why should we care? -- 2. How widespread is it? -- 3. What causes it? -- 4. How do you know if you have it? -- 5. How does ADHD change over the lifespan? -- 6. How much does it matter who you and where you live? -- Part II: Taking action -- 7. How helpful -- or harmful -- is medication? -- 8. How helpful is behavior therapy, and what kinds of behavior therapies help the most? -- 9. What other strategies may be helpful in treating ADHD? -- 10. What do you need to know about the "ADHD industrial complex"? -- 11. Conclusions and recommendations.
    Summary: "Rates of diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are skyrocketing, throughout America and the rest of the world. U.S. rates of youth diagnosis have increased 40% from just a decade ago. Adults with ADHD are now the fastest-growing segment of the population receiving diagnosis and medication. The disorder is painful and sometimes disabling for individuals and tremendously costly for society; yet, widespread misinformation, skepticism, and unanswered questions have jeopardized effective diagnosis and treatment. Researched and written by Stephen Hinshaw, an international expert on ADHD, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author, ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the go-to book for authoritative, current, accurate, and compelling information about the global ADHD epidemic."--Publisher.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.

    Part I: Facing the facts -- 1. What is ADHD? and why should we care? -- 2. How widespread is it? -- 3. What causes it? -- 4. How do you know if you have it? -- 5. How does ADHD change over the lifespan? -- 6. How much does it matter who you and where you live? -- Part II: Taking action -- 7. How helpful -- or harmful -- is medication? -- 8. How helpful is behavior therapy, and what kinds of behavior therapies help the most? -- 9. What other strategies may be helpful in treating ADHD? -- 10. What do you need to know about the "ADHD industrial complex"? -- 11. Conclusions and recommendations.

    "Rates of diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are skyrocketing, throughout America and the rest of the world. U.S. rates of youth diagnosis have increased 40% from just a decade ago. Adults with ADHD are now the fastest-growing segment of the population receiving diagnosis and medication. The disorder is painful and sometimes disabling for individuals and tremendously costly for society; yet, widespread misinformation, skepticism, and unanswered questions have jeopardized effective diagnosis and treatment. Researched and written by Stephen Hinshaw, an international expert on ADHD, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author, ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the go-to book for authoritative, current, accurate, and compelling information about the global ADHD epidemic."--Publisher.

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