Misdiagnosis And Dual Diagnoses Of Gifted Children And Adults
Subtitle: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, And Other Disorders
Publisher: Great Potential Press
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780910707671
Subjects: Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Mental health; Children with Special Needs; Psychotherapy - Counseling; Psychology; Gifted persons; Gifted children; Diagnosis; Assessment, Testing & Measurement
First sentence: If one is to ascertain whether behaviors are due to a disorder or whether they are part of the condition we call giftedness, it is first necessary to know something about the behaviors associated with gifted children and adults.
Description: Our brightest, most creative children and adults are often being misdiagnosed with behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, Bipolar, OCD, or Asperger?s. Many receive unneeded medication and inappropriate counseling as a result. Physicians, psychologists, and counselors are unaware of characteristics of gifted children and adults that mimic pathological diagnoses. Six nationally prominent health care professionals describe ways parents and professionals can distinguish between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors. ?These authors have brought to light a widespread and serious problem?the wasting of lives from the misdiagnosis of gifted children and adults and the inappropriate treatment that often follows.? Jack G. Wiggins, Ph. D., Former President, American Psychological Association.