ADHD: Primary Care Perspectives

Table of Contents

1. "My Child is Hyper": How Can My Pediatrician Help?
2. DIAGNOSIS
3. CO-MORBIDITIES
4. DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
5. ANXIETY DISORDERS
6. OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER
7. AUTISM
8. PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT: STIMULANT MEDICATIONS
9. PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT: OTHER MEDICATIONS
10. NON-PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT OF ADHD
11. POST-TEST
12. USEFUL RESOURCES
13. SELECTED REFERENCES
14. THE AUTHORS

THE AUTHORS

Patricia Beach MD is a Professor of Pediatrics and member of the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. She is the director of the Division of General Academic Pediatrics and the director of the continuity clinics for the UTMB Pediatric Residency Program.

Virginia Niebuhr PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics and member of the Academy of Master Teachers at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. She is a Pediatric Psychologist and medical educator. She has received the designation of Distinguished Teaching Professor by the UT System.

Drs. Beach and Niebuhr have provided collaborative care to many patients with ADHD, mood disorders and autism spectrum disorders.

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