Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, Ocd, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders
"!!!!!Must Read" --Today's Books, December, 2004"I recommend this book to all parents, teachers, and professionals who interact with gifted children and their families." --Drake D. Duane, M.D., Director, Institute of Behavioral Neurology; Past-President, International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities; Past Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, The Dyslexia Foundation"Makes a powerful statement... I highly recommend this book to both professionals and parents." --Nicholas Colangelo, Ph.D., Professor of Gifted Education and Director, Belin-Blank Center, The University of Iowa"Parents, teachers, physicians, counselors, and therapists, as well as gifted will find a wealth of practical knowledge here." --Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D., Author, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide, Professor, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey"This book clarifies important and relevant characteristics of gifted children and adults... concise, informative, and readable." --Richard M. Clouse, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., Associate Professor,University of Louisville School of Medicine"This book is a significant contribution that should greatly reduce the difficulties in making an appropriate diagnosis" --Tracy L. Cross, Ph.D., George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Gifted Studies, Editor, Roeper Review"This book is an invaluable resource for professionals and parents... to clarify the often-misunderstood experiences of gifted children and adults." --Colleen M. Harsin, M.A., M.S.W., Manager of Family Services, Davidson Institute for Talent Development"This well-organized book describes how giftedness can be confused with some psychiatric disorders, obscure other disorders." --William H. Smith, Ph.D., ABPP-CL, Former Dean, Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences"Valuable resource for parents, teachers, and professionals from both psychological and medical communities. I wish I had it years ago." --Carolyn Kottmeyer, Hoagies' Gifted Education Page; Hoagies' Kids and Teens Page"a thorough and compassionate guide to behaviors of gifted children and adults that are sometimes mistaken as psychiatric symptoms" --Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D., New York