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Elsevier ADHD Complex Practicing Mental Health in Primary Care 1st Edition by Gephart, Harlan
ADHD Complex: Practicing Mental Health in Primary Care, written by Dr. Harlan Gephart, provides a comprehensive review of key subjects of importance for primary care and family practitioners to help them better assess, diagnose, treat, and manage patient populations with ADHD. Dr. Gephart, Emeritus Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at University of Washington, has used his many years of experience and practice with this patient population to put together this helpful guide. Rating scales, questionnaires, and behavior checklistsIdentifying, screening, diagnosing, and treating learning problems in children and adolescentsGeneral principles of multi-modality treatmentsADHD with coexistent psychiatric and behavioral disorders Resources for clinicians, parents, and patients 1. Rating Scales, Questionnaires, and Behavior Checklists2. Learning Problems in Children and Adolescents3. Identifying, Screening, and Diagnosing Uncomplicated ADHD4. General Principals of Multi-Modality Treatments for Children and Adolescents with Uncomplicated ADHD5. Age and Gender Differences in ADHD Presentation6. ADHD Transitioning to Adulthood7. ADHD Accompanying Other Disorders 8. Enhancing Resilience in a Child with ADHD9. Anxiety Disorders Secondary or Coexistent with ADHD10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder11. PANDAS/PANS Syndromes: What are They and How are They Diagnosed and Treated? 12. Depressive Mood Disorders Secondary or Coexistent with ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment13. Distinguishing ADHD from Juvenile Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis14. Behavior Disorders Associated or Coexistent with ADHD 15. Medications for ADHD16. Medications for Other non-ADHD Mental Health Conditions in Children and Adolescents17. Office Practice Recommendations for Primary Care Management of Mental Health Issues in Children and Adolescents18. ADHD Resources for Clinicians, Parents, and Patients