Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. History and Prevalence of ADHD in Adults

3. Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD in Adults

4. Defining ADHD in Adults: Making the Diagnosis in the UMASS and Milwaukee Studies

5. DSM Symptom Utility and the Issue of Age of Onset

6. Impairment in Major Life Activities

7. Identifying New Symptoms of ADHD in Adulthood

8. Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders and Psychological Maladjustment

9. Educational and Occupational Functioning

10. Drug Use and Antisocial Behavior

11. Health, Lifestyle, Money Management, and Driving

12. Sex, Dating and Marriage, Parenting, and Psychological Adjustment of Offspring

13. Neuropsychological Functioning

14. Summary, Conclusions, and Treatment Implications

About the Author

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, is Research Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, USA. Dr. Barkley has published numerous books, more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters, and 7 videos on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related disorders, including childhood defiance. He is also the editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, he is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association, and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.

Reviews

"Remarkable. ... [It] will be an enormous resource for years to come. In an area still fraught with so much misunderstanding and lack of awareness, not just among the general public but also among medical and mental health professionals, the authors have done all of us a great service -- clinicians, researchers, and consumers alike." - Journal of Attention Disorders "From a leading ADHD researcher, this book is thoughtful, comprehensive, and a top-rank reference. It is a substantial resource for clinicians who want to understand what is currently known about adult ADHD and where the science is likely to be heading in the future. I recommend it most highly." - Lenard Adler, Departments of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, USA "This energetic and informative book tackles head-on the knotty issue of what ADHD in adults really means. It includes helpful answers to such vital problems as what modifications to diagnostic criteria are appropriate, and what are the inferential biases to which clinicians are prone seeing self-referred cases in their offices. This is the most definitive work to date on the difficult task of generalizing from children with ADHD to adults with ADHD. The authors break new ground in addressing these issues with comprehensive data from their own well-regarded samples. This timely book thus provides a fresh and needed perspective to help resolve longstanding difficulties in understanding ADHD in adults." - Joel Nigg, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, USA "A veritable tour de force. This work will be equally useful to researchers seeking innovative hypotheses about ADHD, to clinicians seeking to understand the course of ADHD into adulthood, and to students at all levels of training. Readers have access to a unified and systematic view of the results from two notable, methodologically rigorous research studies. The book addresses a wide range of clinically urgent issues, such as psychiatric comorbidity, drug use, life impairments, educational attainment, and neuropsychological impairment. The discussions of diagnostic criteria not only provide clinically useful information for adult assessment, but also should strongly influence the evolution of the DSM-V." - Stephen V. Faraone, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Medical Genetics Research; and Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research, SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA "The single best source of scientific information on adult ADHD available to date. The results of two major research investigations are thoroughly reviewed to explicate important similarities and differences between children with ADHD followed into adulthood and individuals first referred for ADHD symptoms as adults. This is the first text to make this important and clinically relevant distinction. It is sure to be an indispensable resource for both clinicians and researchers. In addition, graduate students in clinical psychology, counseling, social work, and school psychology will find this text helpful both for the data it provides about adult ADHD and for its insights into how to establish a coherent research agenda." - George J. DuPaul, Department of Education and Human Services, Lehigh University, USA