Table of Contents
What Does ADHD Look Like and Who Has It?
ADHD – Two Faces of the Same Coin
2 Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Comorbidity
3 Causality and the Environmental Hypotheses of ADHD
4 Psychological Theories of ADHD
Impulsivity and Behavioral/Response Inhibition
Alerting, Orienting, and Executive Functioning – Separate Circuits in ADHD
The Supervisory Attentional System
Brown’s Executive Functioning Model
The Evidence for (and against) ADHD as a Genetically Inherited Disorder
Evolution and the Continuation of ADHD
The Brain: A Brief Guide to Development and Neuroanatomy
A Brief Account of Imaging the Brain
7 Psychostimulant Treatment of ADHD
A Brief Review of the Neuropharmacology
The Pharmacology and Efficacy of Psychostimulants Used in Treating ADHD
The Pharmacology of Methylphenidate
The Pharmacology of Amphetamine
Clinical Effects of Methylphenidate and Amphetamine
Side-Effects of Amphetamine and Methylphenidate
Psychopharmacology: From Treatment to Theory
Hypo/Hyperfunctioning DA in ADHD
Grace’s Tonic and the Phasic Account of ADHD
A Dynamic Developmental Theory of ADHD
The Rate-Dependent Hypothesis and the Effects of Psychostimulants
8 Non-Stimulant Medications and Non-Pharmacological Treatments
How Do These Drugs Fit into Theoretical Accounts of ADHD?
Non-Pharmacological Treatments
Are ADHD Subtypes Linked to Any Particular Drugs?
Amphetamines, Methylphenidate, and Addiction
Methylphenidate Treatment and Addiction
Drugs, Cannabis, and Psychiatry
Methylphenidate: Slow Release and the Treatment of Cocaine and Amphetamine Addiction
Methylphenidate and Long-Term Neural Changes
Impulsivity in SUD and ADHD (Revisited)
10 The Past, Present, and Future Science of ADHD
Towards a Better Understanding and Treatment of ADHD