The Clinician's Guide to ADHD Diagnosis Clinicians Residents Medical Students Psychologists
From the DSM criteria to the rating scale. Every presentation, at every age.
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- Suspected ADHD but could not say which presentation you were looking at
- Struggled to separate inattention from anxiety in the same patient
- Were unsure whether the symptoms really started before age twelve
- Had an adult in front of you and only knew the childhood criteria
- Saw a girl doing fine at school and let the inattention pass
- Needed a rating scale on the spot and did not have one at hand
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21 chapters. Click any of them to see what it covers.
The construct, how it is defined today and what separates it from ordinary inattention.
Prevalence across age groups, and what the population studies actually found.
The circuits and neurotransmitters involved, at the level a clinician needs.
Heritability, family aggregation and what to tell a parent who asks.
The claims that keep circulating, each one against the literature.
All nine symptoms, the count required, and the six-month rule.
The nine items, and how they change as the patient grows up.
Inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive and combined, and how presentation shifts over time.
Age of onset, two settings, impairment and the exclusions you must rule out.
Partial remission, mild, moderate and severe, and how to record it.
How the same patient is coded in each system.
What changes after seventeen and how to document retrospective onset.
What is age-appropriate, what is not, and why diagnosis here demands caution.
The classic presentation, and the academic signals that bring them in.
Hyperactivity turning inward, risk behaviour and the drop in supervision.
Executive complaints, work and relationships, and the comorbidity that masks it.
Why it is missed, how it presents, and what to ask.
Late recognition and the differential against cognitive decline.
The interview that supports the diagnosis, and the collateral you need.
What to look for and how to record it.
The SNAP and the others, with scoring and what a positive screen means.
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Frequently asked questions
No. The manual builds from the construct and the epidemiology up to the criteria, so you can follow it whether you are a student, a generalist or a specialist.
Both. The criteria are laid out in full and there is a dedicated chapter crosswalking them to ICD-11.
Yes. There are separate chapters for adolescence, adulthood, women and the elderly, on top of the paediatric presentations.
This edition is focused on diagnosis: recognising, classifying and documenting ADHD. Treatment is not its subject.
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