Attention deficit disorder : clinical and basic research

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Content: 1. Attention deficit disorder/hyperkinetic syndrome : conceptual and research issues regarding diagnosis and classification / Michael Rutter -- 2. Attention deficit disorder : clinical issues / Terje Sagvolden, Trevor Archer -- 3. On the epidemiology of hyperactivity / Eric Taylor -- 4. Critical issues in attention deficit disorder / Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz -- 5. The long-term outcome of the attention deficit disorder/hyperkinetic syndrome / Rachel Gittelman Klein and Salvatore Mannuzza -- 6. Six-year-old children with perceptual, motor and attentional deficits : outcome in the 6-year perspective / I. Carina Gillberg and Christopher Gillberg -- 7. Cerebral processes underlying neuropsychological and neuromotor impairment in children with ADD/MBD -- 8. The hypoarousal hypothesis : what is the evidence? / Hallgrim Klv?e -- 9. Activation : base-level and responsivity. A search for sub-types of ADDH children by means of electrocardiac, dermal, and respiratory measures / Eddy Brand and Harry van der Vlugt -- 10. The diagnostic significance of attentional processing : its significance for ADDH classification : a future DSM -- 11. The role of psychostimulants and psychosocial treaments in hyperkinesis / Rachel Gittelman Klein and Howard Abikoff -- 12. Practical aspects of dietary management of the hyperkinetic syndrome / Philip J. Graham -- 13. Basic mechanisms of drug action : catecholaminergic issues / Trevor Archer and Terje Sagvolden -- 14. Central stimulants, transmitters and attentional disorder : a perspective from animal studies / Trevor J. Robbins, G.H. Jones, and Barbara J. Sahakian -- 15. Neurotransmitters in attention deficit disorder / Lewis S. Seiden, Frederic E. Miller, and Thomas G. Heffner -- 16. Issues regarding possible therapies using cognitive enhancers / H.J. Normile, H.J. Altman, and Samuel Gershon -- 17. Model experiments of attention deficit disorder and hyperkinetic syndrome / Trevor Archer and Terje Sagvolden -- 18. Results from a comparative neuropsychological research program indicate altered reinforcement mechanisms in children with ADD / Terje Sagvold [and others] -- 19. Neurotoxin-induced cognitive and motor activity modifications : a catecholamine connection / Trevor Archer -- 20. Dopamine and learning : implications for attention deficit disorder and hyperkinetic syndrome / Richard J. Beninger -- 21. The cerebellum : motor skills, procedural learning, and memory and hyperactivity / Richard F. Thompson -- 22. Attention deficit disorder and hyperkinetic syndrome : biological perspectives / Robert D. Oades -- 23. Future perspectives on ADD : research an irresistible challenge / Terje Sagvolden and Trevor Archer.