Assessing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Topics in Social Psychiatry)

This volume provides child health care professionals and educators with a comprehensive set of empirically-driven, process-oriented guidelines for assessing children and adolescents who exhibit symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD).

• Offers guidelines for conducting an AD/HD assessment;
• Includes a detailed description of the defining features of AD/HD;
• Comprehensively discusses how AD/HD and its associated features unfold across the life span;
• Presents an in-depth critique of various assessment procedures.

Assessing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder steers the reader through the process of selecting measures and reaching accurate AD/HD diagnoses. The text also reviews the process of translating assessment data into treatment recommendations, giving feedback to children and families, and evaluating treatment efficacy.