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| Article Title | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | By Cynthia Hammer | 3 |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | By Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. | 5 |
| A Scientific Explanation for a Crazy-Quilt Career: How to Diagnose and Treat Attention Deficit Disorder |
By Douglas B. Richardson | 8 |
| Shadow Syndromes: People with Mild Forms of Serious Disorders |
By John J. Ratey, M.D. | 13 |
| Suggested Diagnostic Criteria for ADD in Adults | By Drs. Edward Hallowell and John Ratey | 16 |
| General Adult ADD Symptom Checklist | By Daniel G. Amen, M.D. | 19 |
| A Physician's Perspective | By Theodore Mandelkorn, M.D. | 23 |
| 50 Tips on the Management of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder | By Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D. | 34 |
| Management of ADD Within Families | By Edward Hallowell, M.D. | 38 |
| Tips on ADD in Couples | By Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D. | 41 |
| How Most Adults Begin Treatment for ADD | By Thomas Phelan, Ph.D. | 44 |
| Diagnosis Shock: A Common Response | By Thomas Phelan, Ph.D. | 46 |
| Effectively Communicating Adult ADHD Diagnosis | By Kevin R. Murphy, Ph.D. | 49 |
| AD/HD "To Do" List | By Cynthia Hammer, M.S.W. | 50 |
| Is Therapy, and this Therapist, for You? | By Cynthia Hammer, M.S.W. | 53 |
| Paying Attention To Attention Deficit In Adults | By John J. Ratey, M.D. | 56 |
| The Adult Experience Of ADD | By Thomas Phelan, Ph.D. | 59 |
| Adult ADD: Issues And Concerns | By Thomas P. Phelan, Ph.D. | 61 |
| Living and Loving with Attention Deficit Disorder: Couples Where One Partner Has ADD |
By Edward Hallowell, M.D. | 63 |
| If Your Spouse Has ADD: What It's Like to Be Married to Someone with ADD |
By Kathleen Nadeau. Ph.D. | 69 |
| Your ADD Spouse: Care of the ADD Adult |
By R. Brian Howell | 72 |
| The Emotional Experience of Attention Deficit Disorder | By Edward Hallowell, M.D. | 74 |
| Hypersensitivity R Us | By R. Brian Howell | 81 |
| Women and ADD | By Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D. | 82 |
| Keeping Up with Mona Can Kill Your Self-Esteem | By Cynthia Hammer, M.S.W. | 86 |
| Self-Esteem Issues in Adults with AD/HD | By Cynthia Hammer, M.S.W. | 87 |
| Attention Deficit Causes Problems in the Workplace | By Daniel Amen, M.D. | 90 |
| Be All That You Can Be... in the Workplace | By Cynthia Hammer, M.S.W. | 92 |
| The Americans with Disabilities Act | 95 | |
| Mood Disorders: A Confounding Diagnosis |
By Irving J. Kohlberg, M.D. | 97 |
| Healing the Chaos Within: The Interaction Between ADD, Alcoholism and Children and Grandchildren of Alcoholics |
By Daniel G. Amen, M.D. | 99 |
| Our Expanding ADD Knowledge | By Corydon C. Clark, M.D. | 103 |
| ADD, Alcoholism and Other Addictions | By Wendy Richardson, MA, LMFCC | 108 |
| How ADD Affects Your Waking-Sleeping Cycle | By Daniel Amen, M.D. | 111 |
| Confront Your Clutter | By Caroline Koehnline, M.A. | 115 |
| Seven Easy Steps to Procrastination | Author Unknown | 117 |
| You Know You Have ADD When... | Author Unknown | 117 |
| Choosing and Working with a Coach | Author Unknown | 119 |
| An ADD Story-Sad, but, Too Often, True | By Darryl Peterson | 121 |
| Did My Ritalin Stop Working? | By Cynthia Hammer, M.S.W. | 124 |
| How We Survived as an Undiagnosed ADD Family | By Cynthia Hammer, M.S.W. | 127 |
| Resources | 135 | |
| Contributors | 136 |
