ADHD in Preschool Children

Assessment and Treatment
Herausgeber: Ghuman, Jaswinder; Ghuman, Harinder

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequently diagnosed psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. This book focuses on preschool-age children and provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date information regarding assessment including diagnostic interview, neuropsychological testing, comorbidity and differential diagnosis, sleep problems, and treatment interventions including psychosocial, pharmacological and complementaryand alternative treatments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780199948925
• ISBN-10: 0199948925
• Artikelnr.: 39374112

Autorenporträt

Jaswinder K. Ghuman, M.D. is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, and Associate Medical Director at Community Care Behavioral Health, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. She has 25 years clinical, research and teaching experience in evaluating and treating preschool children with mental health problems including ADHD and developmental disorders. She developed and directed the Infant and Preschool Psychiatry Clinic both at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland and at the University of Arizona Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program. Dr. J. Ghuman was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to the Maryland Advisory Council on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She participated in the NIMH-sponsored Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine site. She developed the Ghuman-Folstein Screen for Social Interaction to screen for autism in at-risk preschoolers. Harinder S. Ghuman, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, and in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. He has over 30 years of clinical, research, teaching and administrative experience in the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry. He has held various administrative positions including Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Program Director for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training at the University of Arizona (2003-2013), Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Walter P Carter Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland (1994-2002), and Senior Psychiatrist/Service Chief, The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt hospital, Towson, Maryland (1982-1993). Dr. H. Ghuman is a Distinguished Life Fellow of APA and Fellow of AACAP. He has written number of scientific articles and book chapters and co-edited three books titled, Handbook of Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment, Handbook of Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment, Handbook of Child and Adolescent Outpatient, Day Treatment and Community Psychiatry, and Providing Mental Health Services to Youth Where They Are.

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of Contents
* Chapter 1
* ADHD in Preschool Children: Overview and Diagnostic Considerations
* Jaswinder Kaur Ghuman, M.D. and Harinder Singh Ghuman, M.D.
* Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of
Arizona
* Chapter 2
* Evaluation Process and Essentials of Clinical Assessment
* Jaswinder Kaur Ghuman, M.D. and Harinder Singh Ghuman, M.D.
* Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of
Arizona
* Chapter 3
* Neuropsychological Assessment of ADHD in Preschoolers:
Performance-based Measures, Rating Scales, and Structured Interviews
* Mahone, E.M., and Pritchard, A.E.
* Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD
* Chapter 4
* Differential Diagnosis and Comorbidity: Primary Health Care Provider
Perspective
* Sydney A. Rice and William N. Marshall, Jr.
* Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The University of
Arizona, Tucson
* Chapter 5
* Psychosocial and Behavioral Interventions with a Focus on Parent
Child Interaction Therapy: Theory and Clinical Practice
* Regina Bussing, M.D. and Desiree Murray, Ph.D.
* Chapter 6
* Parent, Teacher and Child Interventions: Tailoring the Incredible
Years for Young Children with ADHD
* Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Ph. D. and M. Jamila Reid, Ph.D.
* University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA
* Chapter 7
* Psychopharmacological Interventions in Preschool Children with ADHD:
General Considerations and Evidence
* Jaswinder Kaur Ghuman, M.D. and Harinder Singh Ghuman, M.D.
* Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of
Arizona
* Chapter 8
* Psychopharmacological Interventions in Clinical Practice
* Jaswinder Kaur Ghuman, M.D. and Harinder Singh Ghuman, M.D.
* Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of
Arizona
* Chapter 9
* Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Preschool Children with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
* Nicholas Lofthouse, Ph.D., Elizabeth Hurt, Ph.D.
* The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
* Chapter 10
* Sleep Problems and Interventions in Preschoolers with ADHD
* Mark Stein, Ph.D., Seattle Children's Hospital, University of
Washington
* Margaret Weiss, M.D., Ph.D, University of British Columbia West
Vancouver, British Columbia