A Clinician's Guide to ADHD in Women: Diagnosis and Treatment - Paperback

by Kathleen Nadeau (Author), Patricia Quinn (Author), Michael Morse (Author)

A Clinician's Guide to ADHD in Women provides readers with a toolbox of strategic therapeutic approaches for diagnosing, treating, and working with women with ADHD.

Clinicians are guided through an integrative approach to identifying and treating women with ADHD, including explorations of hormonal factors and psychiatric conditions that accompany ADHD in women. The psychotherapueutic approach outlined in this guide is pragmatic and solution-focused, including gender-sensitive approaches to treatment, medication, hormonal interventions, and psycho/social treatment. Case vignettes illustrate how an application of strategies, medication, social solutions, and care can facilitate and treat women with ADHD and co-occuring psychiatric conditions.

This book is an essential resource for clinicians and treatment providers who wish to transform the lives of women suffering with both diagnosed and undiagnosed ADHD.

Author Biography

Kathleen Nadeau, PhD, is an award-winning clinical psychologist, internationally recognized ADHD authority, and author of 15 books on ADHD.

Patricia Quinn, MD, is a developmental pediatrician and a prolific author and international lecturer on ADHD. She has been an ADHD specialist for over 50 years.

Michael Morse, MD, MPA, is Associate Professor and Director of the Complex ADHD Clinic at Georgetown University. At Alvord, Baker & Associates, he directs the ADHD and Anxiety Center.