1st Edition
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Integration of Cognitive, Neuropsychological, and Psychodynamic Perspectives in Psychotherapy
1. Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and the Psychoanalytic Process 2. ADHD via Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Psychology: Why Haven’t We Fielded a Team? 3. The Neural and Neurocognitive Determinants of ADHD 4. Psychoanalytic Treatment of ADHD Children in the Frame of Two Extraclinical Studies: The Frankfurt Prevention Study and the EVA Study 5. Trauma and ADHD – Association or Diagnostic Confusion? A Clinical Perspective 6. ADHD and Complex Trauma: A Descriptive Study of Hospitalized Children in an Urban Psychiatric Hospital 7. The Reality-Sampling Deficit and ADHD: Indication for an Active Technique 8. Psychoanalytic Conceptualizations of the Internal Object in an ADHD Child 9. Trouble Paying Attention 10. Is ADHD a Real Neurological Disorder or Collection of Psychosocial Symptomatic Behaviors? Implications for Treatment in the Case of Randall E. 11. Psychodynamic Play Therapy With a Six-Year-Old African American Boy Diagnosed With ADHD
Biography
Francine Conway is a full Professor at the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University, USA, and has been treating children diagnosed with ADHD over the past 14 years. In addition to her clinical experience, she has taught courses on ADHD and provided clinical supervision for students working with ADHD.
