ADHD, Stress, and Development

• Main Authors: Bob, Petr (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Konicarova, Jana (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Neuropsychology.; Psychiatry.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Pediatrics.; Child and School Psychology.

This first-of-its-kind volume revisits current findings on ADHD in terms of classic thinking on developmental neuropsychology for a more rounded concept of brain disorganization. Insights from Freud, Janet, John Hughlings Jackson, and other pioneers help identify mechanisms (e.g., the primitive refl...

Table of Contents:

• Definition, Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.-Historical and Recent Research on ADHD
• Attentional functions, Executive Dysfunctions and Stress, Implications for ADHD
• Neural Dissolution, Dissociation and Stress in ADHD
• Attention, Brain-Mind Integration and ADHD
• Implications for Education and Therapy of ADHD Children.