Attention, genes, and ADHD
By: edited by Florence Levy and David A. Hay.
Contributors: Levy, Florence, M.M.B.S.; Hay, David A.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & francis
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Hove, East Sussex; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Genetic aspects.; Attention.; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity -- genetics -- Child.; Genetics, Medical.; Twins.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction; title: Ch. 2. Introduction to the genetic analysis of attentional disorders; title: Ch. 3. The diagnostic genetics of ADHD symptoms and subtypes; title: Ch. 4. The developmental genetics of ADHD; title: Ch. 5. Familial and genetic bases of speech and language disorders; title: Ch. 6. Comorbidity of reading/spelling disability and ADHD; title: Ch. 7. Causes of the overlap among symptoms of ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder; title: Ch. 8. Aetiology of the sex difference in the prevalence of DSM-III-R ADHD: a comparison of two models; title: Ch. 9. Single gene studies of ADHD; title: Ch. 10. Molecular genetics of ADHD; title: Ch. 11. The genetic relationship between ADHD and Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome; title: Ch. 12. Implications of genetic studies of attention problems for education and intervention; title: Ch. 13. Child psychiatry in the era following sequencing the genome.