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For over 100 years, ADHD has been seen as essentially a behavior disorder. Recent scientific research has developed a new paradigm which recognizes ADHD as a developmental disorder of the cognitive management system of the brain, its executive functions. This cutting-edge book pulls together key ideas of this new understanding of ADHD, explaining them and describing in understandable language scientific research that supports this new model. It addresses questions like:

- Why can those with ADHD focus very well on some tasks while having great difficulty in focusing on other tasks they recognize as important?

- How does brain development and functioning of persons with ADHD differ from others?

- How do impairments of ADHD change from childhood through adolescence and in adulthood?

- What treatments help to improve ADHD impairments? How do they work? Are they safe?

- Why do those with ADHD have additional emotional, cognitive, and learning disorders more often than most others?

- What commonly-held assumptions about ADHD have now been proven wrong by scientific research?

Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other medical and mental health professionals, as well as those affected by ADHD and their families, will find this to be am insightful and invaluable resource.

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“Dr. Brown provides an accessible summary that describes and integrates new facts and perspectives on ADHD. The book is comprehensive, current, and engagingly written. It will be a terrific resource for parents, educators, and clinicians as well as for patients themselves." - F. Xavier Castellanos, MD, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor of Radiology and Physiology & Neuroscience, NYU Langone Medical Center Child Study Center

"Research results are distilled to debunk myths and offer sound guidance on evaluation and effective treatment. This book is a must-read for any education, health, or mental health professional who encounters children or adults with ADHD. Its direct and clear language makes the explanations and conclusions accessible to parents and adult patients, too.” - Mina K. Dulcan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics & Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

“Clinicians, students, and laypeople will find here much valuable information on the disorder, its assessment, diagnosis, and management.” - Russell A. Barkley, PhD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina

"Tom Brown is one of the true pioneers in our growing understanding of ADHD. Both a clinician and a researcher, he continues to deepen and enlarge our knowledge of ADHD with this brilliant book." - Edward Hallowell, MD, author of Delivered from Distraction, The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness

About the Author

Thomas E. Brown, PhD, is Associate Director of the Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, developer of the Brown ADD Scales for Children and Adults, and author of the prize-winning book, Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults. Visit the author’s website at www.DrThomasEBrown.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (June 7, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415814251
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415814256
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.47 x 9 inches
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Dr. Brown is a clinical psychologist who received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is the Director of the Brown Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders in Manhattan Beach, California. Dr. Brown and his Associate Director, Dr. Ryan Kennedy offer specialized assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and adults with ADHD and related problems, with a special interest in those with High-IQ.

For 20 years Dr. Brown was an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and former Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Dr. Brown has presented papers, workshops and symposia at national meetings of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, National Assn. of School Psychologists, International Neuropsychological Society, the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association and CHADD. He has also presented workshops at international meetings of professionals in over 40 countries throughout the world. Dr. Brown received an award of honor by the National Attention Deficit Disorder Assn. and has been inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame.

He has served on the Professional Advisory Board for national CHADD and for the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association. He has published articles in professional journals and is author of the Brown Executive Function/Attention Rating Scales (formerly the Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scales for Children, Adolescents and Adults) published by Pearson.

Dr. Brown’s most recent books are ADHD and Asperger Syndrome in Smart Kids and Adults: 12 Stories of Struggle, Support and Treatment (2021); Smart but Stuck: Emotions in Teens and Adults with ADHD (2014); and Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults (2017).

Dr. Brown is also editor of ADHD: Handbook for ADHD Comorbidities: Complications in Children and Adults (2009), a major text and reference work. His award-winning book, Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults, published by Yale University Press (2005).

For more information visit www.BrownADHDclinic.com

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  • Steve G
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for understanding someone with ADHD.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2022
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    Dr. Brown does an excellent job of breaking down ADHD in understandable terms. We have suspected that our son has ADD (non-hyperactive) for years but no one would diagnose him with. The more we read from Dr. Brown the more we were convinced he had ADD. We finally were able to get him tested using Dr. Brown's approach and rating scale. His scores definitely showed he has ADD. Now we can move on to trying to get him the help that he needs! Thank you for empowering us Dr. Brown!
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  • Jan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best highly technical book on the subject
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2014
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    Dr. Brown is a leading researcher in ADD/ADHD. This is a textbook, primarily suited for researchers and medical practitioners. It is thoroughly referenced to the literature. For the public trying to learn about or help a victim of this complicated and difficult to diagnose illness, I think his superb earlier book (2006), with about the same cover design and same overall content, is much more readable. We victims of ADD owe a great debt to Dr. Brown's clear thinking and research. Sadly, the public, teachers, and even medical practitioners do not understand enough about the illness(es), with its huge impact on the victims' lives and the benefit of early treatment.
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  • Louisa J.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough, and insightful
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2014
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    Dr Brown reviews a staggering number of studies in this book, and combines their findings with his observations drawn from years of clinical practice. The result of a book with a lot of depth and insight, He does a great job of explaining the bio/neuro/chemical basis for ADHD, and why it is so persistent and crazy making. I appreciated that the book is based in facts, and not just anecdotal stories. He also has a good discussion of the various medications, and how/why they work. He concludes with a review of other strategies to help those of us who have this disorder to cope with it better. I highly recommend this book to patients and practitioners.
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  • Doug
    4.0 out of 5 stars Looks good but...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2025
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    Amazon!! This was supposed to be here today but it wasn't even shipped until this morning. smh Maybe ship after the order is made so it gets here on time.
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  • K. K.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2014
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    This is a terrific resource from a top scholar in the field. Dr. Brown uses stories of real people he has seen in clinical practice to illustrate the research he presents. The book is readable and well organized. Dr. Brown includes focus on how ADHD shows in difficulty with regulating emotions and he deals with the myths out there about the disorder. I recommend this book very highly!
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  • Stanley Conway-clough
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book with wonderful insight
    Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2013
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    I like the new outlook and the expressed clear understanding of the disorder. As a long time sufferer of ADD I take great solace in understanding why I am the way I am and particularly how to deal with it. This book permits me to stop beating myself up for what I now know does not represent the real me. I would recommend this book to anyone suffering with the disorder or attempting to relate to someone with the disorder. Knowledge helps live a better life.
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  • vorler
    5.0 out of 5 stars Answer to questions not answered before
    Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2018
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    I have several children with diagnoses on the autistic spectrum such as AD/HD and Aspergers, and some of them with comorbid diagnoses. My husband has AD/HD. My children are now young adults. The new view of AD/HD, both the expanded view, and the view of AD/HD related to other diagnoses is fullt met by my experience of this through thirty years. I recommend to read books of personal experiences of this affected by this disorders in addition to this book. A book from the same author "Smart but stuck" is also recommended. This book shows the many struggles persons with AD/HD have on daily basis.
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  • DeeDee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Telling it like it is
    Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2013
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    Dr. Brown truly gives an in depth yet accessible (and accurate) portrayal of ADD. Most helpful in making sense of ADD, as well as creating realistic and achievable expectations for the patient as well as the care-giver. A must read for all who live with ADD!
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  • Danielle
    5.0 out of 5 stars You want to understand ADHD read this book!
    Reviewed in Canada on May 4, 2019
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    Excellent book! Easy to read and easy to follow.
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  • LargeGandT
    5.0 out of 5 stars An up-to-date account of the origins and mechanism of ADHD, by a leading researcher in the area.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2017
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    Brown presents here the modern understanding of ADHD as a neurodevelopmental dsyfunction of the brain's executive functions. His own model differs slightly from other researchers such as Barkley, but he is careful to present ideas from both models honestly and contrast the two, and it is clear from his account what is firmly established and what is still open to debate.
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  • Enrique Alvarez
    4.0 out of 5 stars Concisa. Guía para entender TDAH
    Reviewed in Spain on November 22, 2013
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    Libro fácil de leer dentro de su especialización. Muy documentado y muy completo dentro de su brevedad. Aporta ideas y referencias para poder profundizar
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  • Sergio Bourbon
    5.0 out of 5 stars atualização clara e ao mesmo tempo profunda sobre o TDAH
    Reviewed in Brazil on December 25, 2014
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    Como é sua característica Thomás Brown discorre de uma forma clara sobre as questões mais recentes sobre o TDAH, tornando fácil e agradável a leitura dessa precisa atualização. Uma obra indispensável para quem se interessa pelo tema.
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  • Miss C Ros
    5.0 out of 5 stars Scientific and factual.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2019
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    Not the easiest read but thanks to reading this book we were finally able to correctly diagnose partners ADHD after years of misdiagnosis so was a life saver for us!
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