Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Book

Most people still think of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a psychiatric disorder affecting only young children and adolescents. Yet Paul H. Wender has been studying, researching and writing about adults with this disorder for more than twenty-five years, and he is the ideal candidate to sort out the current controversy surrounding the often undiagnosed ailment. In Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults, Wender for the first time gathers together the important new breakthroughs he and others have made in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults. Here, Wender emphasizes the commonalities that emerge from research literature and winnows the factual from the sensational or overly simplistic reports in the popular media. He points to possible relationships between ADHD in adults and other psychiatric disorders, and discusses the impact of the disorder which can produce marital discord, academic failure, and disrupted careers. A clinician who has treated patients with ADHD for many years, he offers compelling firsthand accounts from men and women who offer dramatic insight into what it feels like to have ADHD and how it responds to medical treatment, bringing together a wealth of information not available in any other volume. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults is an indispensable guide for clinicians and family counselors, and a source of help, hope, and understanding for adults who suspect that they or someone they care about may suffer from this much misunderstood disorder.Read More