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Attention Deficit Disorder: Practical Coping Mechanisms – Barbara C. FisherThis is the 1st edition although cover above is of 2nd ed.Review:The book is a comprehensive text on this disorder… It is very reader friendly with well laid out sections and sub-sections with 35 distinct chapters. – Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2008 (for the Second Edition)…[the] review of the literature is sound, their description and causal explanations of symptoms commendable, and their analysis of practical coping methods top-notch….The volume should be required reading for all teachers and will help parents and physicians alike.-Choice (for previous edition)…[the] review of the literature is sound, their description and causal explanations of symptoms commendable, and their analysis of practical coping methods top-notch….The volume should be required reading for all teachers and will help parents and physicians alike.-Choice (for previous edition)Product Description:Completely revised and updated, this Second Edition spans every issue related to ADD care and treatment. New chapters focus on emerging issues, the overlap of sleep disorders, how sleep disorders mimic ADD/ADHD and/or increase the symptoms, ADHD and sleep apnea, ADHD and restless legs or periodic limb movements in sleep, sleep in children, adolescents and adults, the aged population, ADD and women, novel treatment approaches, including a new cognitive training program, methods to diagnosis ADD/ADHD and separate it from other overlapping disorders, and mis-diagnosis.