Attention Deficit/Hyperactivi... Health Article

Books

Barkley, R.A. Attention Deficit Hyper activity Disorder; A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment. New York: Guildord Press, 1990.

Dworkin, P.H. Learning and Behavior Problems of School Children. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1985.

Hallowell, E.M. and J.J. Ratey. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

Weiss, G. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1992.

Wender, P. The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent, and Adult: Attention Deficit Disorder through the Lifespan. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Periodicals

Manuzza, S., R. G. Klein, A. Bessler, P. Malloy, and M. LaPadula. "Adult Outcome of Hyperactive Boys: Educational Achievement, Occupational Rank, and Psychiatric Status." Archives of General Psychiatry 50, 1993, pp. 565-576.

Wilens, T. E. and J. Biederman. "The Stimulants." PsychiatricClinics of North America. D. Shafer, ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1992.

Zametkin, A. J. and J. L. Rappaport. "Neurobiology of Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity: Where Have We Come in 50 Years?" Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 26, 1987, pp. 676-686.

Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Address: P.O. Box 972
Mentor, OH 44061
Telephone: toll-free (800) 487-2282
(Provides educational resources on ADHD)

CHADD
(Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)
Address: 499 NW 70th Ave., Suite 308
Plantation, FL 33317 Telephone: (305) 587-3700
(A national and international non-profit organization for children and adults with ADHD)

—Doreen Arcus, Ph.D.
Univeristy of Massachusetts Lowell