Product Description

"This volume is a ground–braking first step in standardizing the psychosocial treatment of adults with ADHD."
– Dr Sam Goldstein, University of Utah

"I think it is a uniquely valuable guide to how psychological thinking and treatment can be helpful to adults with ADHD – I recommend it to all professionals taking on this work."
– Professor Eric Taylor, Head of Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King′s College London Institute of Psychiatry

"What emerges fro this perspective is clinical wisdom. I could see and feel both the patient and the therapy."
– Margaret Weiss, Director of research, ADHD Clinic, Children′s and Women′s Health Centre, Canada

There is increasing recognition of the prevalence of ADHD in adulthood, which is estimated to be around one percent in the general population. These people have often experienced lifelong underachievement; they feel misunderstood and have not received the help they need. Reflecting the growing awareness of this problem, ADHD in Adults provides a comprehensive account of the presentation of adulthood ADHD, its assessment and treatment.


Written by experienced practitioners in the field, the book introduces a cognitive behavioural model of ADHD from which the authors developed the Young–Bramham Programme. This is a unique, modular framework for assessing and treating people with adulthood ADHD and associated problems using practical intervention techniques. The book is accompanied by the Young–Bramham Programme Companion Website, www.wiley.com/go/adhdadults that provides downloadable materials for use by clients and therapists.


ADHD in Adults is invaluable reading for clinicians working with adult ADHD clients in many different settings including primary care, adult mental health, learning disability, forensic, neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology. It will also be a useful self–help resource for ADHD clients, friends, family and supporters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #349814 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 318 pages

Review
"Written by experienced practitioners in the field…" (Human Givens, January 2007)

‘…recommended as a clear, upbeat, and positive set of modules for the psychological treatment of people suffering from a defined disorder.’ (Journal Of Mental Health, June 2007)

Review
"Written by experienced practitioners in the field…" (Human Givens, January 2007)

‘… a clear, upbeat, and positive set of modules for the psychological treatment of people suffering from a defined disorder.’ (Journal Of Mental Health, June 2007)

From the Back Cover
"This volume is a ground–braking first step in standardizing the psychosocial treatment of adults with ADHD."
– Dr Sam Goldstein, University of Utah

"I think it is a uniquely valuable guide to how psychological thinking and treatment can be helpful to adults with ADHD – I recommend it to all professionals taking on this work."
– Professor Eric Taylor, Head of Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King′s College London Institute of Psychiatry

"What emerges fro this perspective is clinical wisdom. I could see and feel both the patient and the therapy."
– Margaret Weiss, Director of research, ADHD Clinic, Children′s and Women′s Health Centre, Canada

There is increasing recognition of the prevalence of ADHD in adulthood, which is estimated to be around one percent in the general population.  These people have often experienced lifelong underachievement; they feel misunderstood and have not received the help they need.  Reflecting the growing awareness of this problem, ADHD in Adults provides a comprehensive account of the presentation of adulthood ADHD, its assessment and treatment.

Written by experienced practitioners in the field, the book introduces a cognitive behavioural model of ADHD from which the authors developed the Young–Bramham Programme.  This is a unique, modular framework for assessing and treating people with adulthood ADHD and associated problems using practical intervention techniques.  The book is accompanied by the Young–Bramham Programme Companion Website, www.wiley.com/go/adhdadults that provides downloadable materials for use by clients and therapists.

ADHD in Adults is invaluable reading for clinicians working with adult ADHD clients in many different settings including primary care, adult mental health, learning disability, forensic, neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology.  It will also be a useful self–help resource for ADHD clients, friends, family and supporters.

Customer Reviews

A landmark of a book.
There are a lot of good books on ADHD, although fewer on Adult ADHD. On the whole they tend to either be of the inspirational variety or somewhat academic. Not that either of these is wrong. People with ADHD need all the inspiration they can get, and it is very good to know that someone in academe is taking adult ADHD seriously, however, this is a very practical book. It gives a lot of detail about how therapists should go about non drug treatment of patients with adult ADHD (although it does deal with drug treatment too). There is possibly a slight bias towards the hyperactive type patient rather than the inattentive type, but then again that might be because this reviewer tends towards the dreamy side.

For too long, certainly in Britain but probably also worldwide, adult ADHD has gone unrecognised, and even today very little is done other than throw methylphenidate at the problem. Any professional that deals with adults with ADHD should get this at once. If you are an adult with ADHD then you may well find this book useful too, although you should know that it has a lot of stuff about psychological treatment methods and doesn't have imagery and specific stories like books aimed at the layman. It isn't a heavy academic read, though. If you have ADHD, one thing is certain, though - if you've read this book you'll know an awful lot about treating ADHD. And if whoever is treating you for ADHD hasn't read it... well, let us just encourage them politely to do so.