Joel T Nigg

Getting Ahead of ADHD

What Next-Generation Science Says about Treatments That Work--And How You Can Make Them Work for Your Child

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Produktbeschreibung

Does toxic pollution cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What about screen use? Are alternative treatments worth exploring? Can dietary changes help? This book explores exciting treatment advances with tremendous promise for improving behavior in kids with ADHD.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9781462530328
• ISBN-10: 146253032X
• Artikelnr.: 47124402

Autorenporträt

Joel T. Nigg, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University. A leading expert on ADHD, he has conducted scientific research and worked with children and their families on diagnostic assessment and treatment planning since the 1990s.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A New Understanding of ADHD
2. Epigenetics: The End of the Nature-versus-Nurture Debate
3. Food and ADHD: Old Controversies and New Clarity
4. Exercise, Sleep, and ADHD: New Insights on Brain Growth
5. Technology and ADHD: Latest Findings on the Peril and the Promise
6. Environmental Chemicals and ADHD: Sorting Alarm from Prudent Caution
7. Adversity, Stress, Trauma, and ADHD: Finding Sanctuary
8. Getting Professional Help: Traditional and Alternative Treatments for
ADHD
9. Tying It All Together
Resources
References