College Students with ADHD Current Issues and Future Directions /

• Main Authors: Weyandt, Lisa L. (Author), DuPaul, George J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Social work.; Applied psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Sociology of Education.; Social Work.; Developmental Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5345-1

Not long ago, conventional wisdom held that ADHD was a disorder of childhood onlythat somewhere during puberty or adolescence, the child would outgrow it. Now we know better: the majority of children with the disorder continue to display symptoms throughout adolescence and into adulthood. It is dur...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction and Background Information
• Chapter 2: ADHD in Adolescents (Middle and High School)
• Chapter 3: Academic, Social, and Psychological Functioning
• Chapter 4: Assessment of ADHD
• Chapter 5: Psychosocial Treatment and Educational Interventions
• Chapter 6: Pharmacotherapy
• Chapter 7: Future Directions for Practice and Research.