The Science of Mental Health is a one-stop resource for major issues and classic controversies in mental health. This publication is Volume 4: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders.

The Science of Mental Health is a one-stop resource for major issues and classic controversies in mental health. To create this valuable collection, a leading expert in the field has reviewed thousands of articles in hundreds of scientific journals. The result is an authoritative selection that represents the most significant research worldwide and provides a uniquely balanced perspective on the field.

OVERVIEW National Institutes of Health Concensus Development Conference Statement Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (1998). Swanson, J.M., Sergeant, J.A., Taylor, E., Sonuga-Barke, E.J., Jensen, P.S,, and Cartwell, D.P., 'Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hyperkinetic Disorder,' Lancet 351 (1998).
GENETICS Cook, E.H. 'Genetics of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.' Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews 5
(1999). Eaves, L.J., Silberg, J.L., Meyer, J.M., Maes, H.H., Simonoff, E., Pickles, A., Rutter, M., Neale, M.C., Reynolds, C.A., Erikson, M.T., Heath, A.C., Loeber, R., Truett,
K.R., and Hewitt, J.K. 'Genetics and Developmental Psychopathology: 2. The Main Effects of Genes and Environment on Behavioral Problems in the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development.' Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 38 (1997).
NATURAL HISTORY Biederman, J., Faraone, S., Milberger, S., Guite, J., Mick, E., Chen, L., Mennin, D., Marrs, A., Ouellette, C., Moore, P., Spencer, T., Norman, D., Wilens, T., Kraus, I., and Perrin, J. 'A Prospective 4-Year Follow-Up Study of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity and Related Disorders.' Archives of General Psychiatry 53 (1996), Faraone, S.V., Biederman, J., Spencer, T., Wilens, T., Seidman, L.J., Mick, E., and Doyle, A.E. 'Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: An Overview.' Biological Psychiatry 48 (2000).
EVOLUTION Jensen, P.S., Mrazek, D., Knapp, P.K., Steinberg, L., Pfeffer, C., Schowalter, J., and Shapiro, T. 'Evolution and Revolution in Child Psychiatry: ADHD as a Disorder of Adaptation.' Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry 36 (1997).
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE Castellanos,
F.X., Giedd, J.N., Marsh, W.L., Hamburger, S.D., Vaituzis, A.C., Dickstein, D.P., Sarfatti, S.E., Vauss, Y.C., Snell, J.W., Lange, N., Kaysen, D., Krain, A.L., Ritchie, G.F., Rajapakse, J.C., and Rapoport, J.L. 'Quantitative Brain Magnetic
Resonance Imaging in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.' Archive of General Psychiatry 53 (1996). Peterson, B.S., Leckman, J.F., Tucker, D., Scahill, L., Staib, L., Zhang, H., King, R., Cohen, D.J., Gore, J.C., and Lombroso, P. 'Preliminary Findings of Antistreptococcal Antibody Titers and Basal Ganglia Volumes in Tic, Obsessive- Compulsive, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders.'Archives
of General Psychiatry 57 (2000). Swanson, J., Castellanos, F.X., Murias, M., LaHoste, G., and Kennedy, J. 'Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hyperkinetic Disorder.' Current Opinions in Neurobiology 8 (1998). Zhuang, X., Oosting, R.S., Jones, S.R., Gainetdinov, R.R., Miller, G.W., Caron, M.G., and Hen, R.
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