Main description:

This book highlights the importance of investigating for ADHD in adults with attention difficulties, poor memory and executive function impairments. The authors advocate a neurodevelopmental assessment approach in all phases of life, and explain how to perform such assessments. The identification of ADHD in adults with other psychiatric and neurological disorders will lead to a better response to treatments, and as a result reduce its social, economic and personal burden.

ADHD can no longer be considered solely a pediatric condition, as it occurs in a significant proportion of adults worldwide. However, ADHD in adults is often unrecognized and untreated. Diagnosing the disorder in adulthood is a challenge, due not only to the different clinical presentation in this phase of life, but also to the fact that other conditions may mask the symptoms. ADHD constitutes a hidden comorbidity with a detrimental impact of those affected, and a poor response (or even non-response) to several treatments.

Intended for psychiatrists, neurologists, specialists in gerontology and neuropsychology, this book is an indispensable resource for all mental health practitioners who want to optimize the treatment of patients affected by psychiatric and neurological disorders who respond poorly to standard treatments.

Contents:

Foreword.- The socio-economic burden of adult ADHD.- The phenotypic expression of ADHD in adulthood.- ADHD circuitries and the R-Do-C perspective.- The diagnosis of adult ADHD using a precision psychiatry approach: clinical aspects. Neuropsychological and neurophysiological aspects. Psychopathological experiences. The case of Adult Onset ADHD. - Adult ADHD in psychiatric conditions.- Adult ADHD in other neurodevelopmental disorders.- Adult ADHD in Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Bipolar and Related Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Depressive Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Anxiety Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Feeding and Eating Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Sleep-Wake Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders.- Adult ADHD in Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders.- Adult ADHD and Non-Substance-Related Disorders (Gambling).- Adult ADHD in Neurocognitive Disorders.- Future directions for practice and research.