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Making the Connection: A Parent's Guide to Medication in ADHD

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Written by child & adolescent psychiatrist Mohab Hanna, MD, Making the Connection: A Parents Guide to Medication in AD/HD is a practical, plain-terms guide written especially for parents in search of answers for how to help their children with Attention Deficit Disorder and/or hyperactivity. Making the Connection does not try to pressure the reader into using medication on AD/HD children; neither does it exhort against the use of medication. The goal here is be as informative as possible, and help parents make the difficult choice of whether and/or how much to medicate. Both stimulant and non-stimulant medications are covered, and the "Twenty-One Medication Rules Every Parent Needs to Know" are especially valuable. ("Rule #18: Closely note baseline sleep, appetite, and mood prior to initiating a medication trial.") A list of recommended websites and an index round out this absolute "must-have" for any parent of a child diagnosed with AD/HD.

Dr. Hanna's book about ADHD simply simplifies many of the complexities surrounding ADHD. Mainly, I recommend this book to parents because it answers many of their qestions concerning medications, type of treament to utilize are just a couple of reasons to get this handbook. It is basically a parental clearinghouse assiting parents in making important decisions for their children who may have ADHD. Many books go between the professional and the parent or caregiver, this book in solidly in the parental camp when needing essential information regading the care their child may need.