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Book SynopsisStimulant drugs are widely used in the treatment of ADHD in children and adults, yet their mechanism of action have been poorly understood. This volume integrates advances in the basic and clinical neurosciences in order to shed light on this question.
Trade Review"This book is an ambitious, even courageous, attempt to pull together evidence from the basic and clinical neurosciences that may ultimately help explain how stimulant drugs act to reduce the behavioral and cognitive symptoms associated with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)." --Contemporary Psychology "This book is an ambitious, even courageous, attempt to pull together evidence from the basic and clinical neurosciences that may ultimately help explain how stimulant drugs act to reduce the behavioral and cognitive symptoms associated with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)." --Contemporary Psychology "...a volume that will interest almost anyone who works with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in either clinics or research programs"--The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease "...a timely addition to the ever growing literature on the most controversial of pharmacotherapies for children and adolescents...most of the chapters are engaging....The clinical chapters by Mary Solanto(on the clinical features of ADHD), Laurence Greenhill(on the clinical effects of stimulant medication), and the final, challenging chapet by Solanto, Amy Arnsten, and Xavier Castellanos are outstanding."--The Lancet, 2001 "This slender volume is an excellent collection of reviews on ADHD in the context of modern psychopharmacology and neuroscience....The quality of all the chapters is consistently of a very high standard, each text a gem on its own. They are concisely written and densely packed with relevant information. The materials are accessible, despite being technical in nature...a superb set of essays....Overall, this is--and I believe will remain for some time--a benchmark publication, relevant to any clinician who prescribes ADHD psychopharmacological treatment, and to investigators in ADHD research from medical or neuroscience backgrounds alike."--Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Table of ContentsPART I: PHENOMENOLOGY; PART II: BASIC NEUROSCIENCE; PART III: CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE; PART IV: INTEGRATION
