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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: From Genes to Patients

Book information

Publisher
Humana Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9781588293121, 1588293122, 1592598919
LCC
RJ506.H9 A932 2005
Open Library ID
OL23155883M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6384338 bytes)
Series
Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience
Edition
1
Pages
561\561
Topic
Medicine Neurology
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

Psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacologists, and pharmaceutical scientists from around the world comprehensively review the pathophysiology, symptomatology, evaluation, and treatment of patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The authors emphasize the evaluation and treatment of patients with ADHD, moving from the day-to-day approach by the clinical psychologist to the more sophisticated anatomical and functional imaging strategies that have emerged in the last decade. Specific impairments, such as reading disabilities, social difficulties, and limited working memory are analyzed in detail, as well as for their respective contributions to global functioning. Additional chapters explain, in a readable style, current theories on the pathophysiology of ADHD, focusing on neurotransmitters and the insights gained from animal models. An expanded review of the pharmacotherapy of ADHD includes appropriate methods for selecting of specific drug for individual patients based on drugs kinetics and gene expression.

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