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 checklists
Identifying, screening, diagnosing, and treating learning problems in children and adolescents
General principles of multi-modality treatments
ADHD with coexistent psychiatric and behavioral disorders
Resources for clinicians, parents, and patients
1. Rating Scales, Questionnaires, and Behavior Checklists 2. Learning Problems in Children and Adolescents 3. Identifying, Screening, and Diagnosing Uncomplicated ADHD 4. General Principals of Multi-Modality Treatments for Children and Adolescents with Uncomplicated ADHD 5. Age and Gender Differences in ADHD Presentation 6. ADHD Transitioning to Adulthood 7. ADHD Accompanying Other Disorders 8. Enhancing Resilience in a Child with ADHD 9. Anxiety Disorders Secondary or Coexistent with ADHD 10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 11. PANDAS/PANS Syndromes: What are They and How are They Diagnosed and Treated? 12. Depressive Mood Disorders Secondary or Coexistent with ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment 13. Distinguishing ADHD from Juvenile Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis 14. Behavior Disorders Associated or Coexistent with ADHD 15. Medications for ADHD 16. Medications for Other non-ADHD Mental Health Conditions in Children and Adolescents 17. Office Practice Recommendations for Primary Care Management of Mental Health Issues in Children and Adolescents 18. ADHD Resources for Clinicians, Parents, and Patients