ADHD, Stress, and Development (eBook)

Petr Bob, Jana Konicarova (Autoren)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XI, 59 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-96494-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This first-of-its-kind volume revisits current findings on ADHD in terms of classic thinking on developmental neuropsychology for a more rounded concept of brain disorganization. Insights from Freud, Janet, John Hughlings Jackson, and other pioneers help identify mechanisms (e.g., the primitive reflexes) that can cause children with ADHD to be prone to cognitive dissociation when exposed to stressful environments. The authors' model of the developing distracted brain pinpoints effects of stress on cognitive and affective functions, most notably attention and memory, and suggests situations in which stimuli may facilitate integration between brain and mind. This expanded knowledge opens out new educational possibilities for vulnerable students as well as new opportunities for therapeutic breakthroughs for children with ADHD.

Included in the coverage:

·  Definition, diagnosis, and epidemiology of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.

·  Historical and recent research on ADHD.

·  Attentional functions, executive dysfunctions, and stress, implications for ADHD.

·  Neural dissolution, dissociation, and stress in ADHD.

·  Attention, brain-mind integration and ADHD.

·  Implications for education and therapy of ADHD children.

 

ADHD, Stress, and Development ably synthesizes past and current understanding into a robust framework with implications for real-world practice. It offers practitioners and researchers new perspectives and future directions in neuropsychology, psychiatry, child and school psychology, and pediatrics.

Jana Konicarova is a child psychologist at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) and Stroder Therapy Center in Cham (Germany). Her main interest in psychotherapy and research is focused on child psychology and specific developmental stages related to ontogenesis of cognitive and motor functions. In this context she is mainly interested in development of primitive reflexes in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.  

Petr Bob is a psychologist and neuroscientist at Center for Neuropsychiatric Research of Traumatic Stress, First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. His main research interest includes influences of stress and dissociation in relation to various psychopathological and psychophysiological mechanisms, and using nonlinear and complexity analysis of electrophysiological signals. 

Inhalt

Preface 6
Dedication 8
Contents 9
Introduction 10
Chapter 1: Definition, Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder 11
References 16
Chapter 2: Historical and Recent Research on ADHD 21
2.1 Brain and Cognition in ADHD 21
2.2 Attentional, Affective and Executive Dysfunctions in ADHD 22
2.3 Relationship Between ADHD and Dyslexia 24
References 25
Chapter 3: Attentional Functions and Stress, Implications for ADHD 30
3.1 Stress Related Neuroimmune and Neuroendocrinological Dysregulation 31
3.2 Stress, Memory Consolidation and Dissociative Experiences 33
3.3 Conscious Disintegration, Dissociative Experiences and ADHD 35
References 37
Chapter 4: Neural Dissolution, Dissociation and Stress in ADHD 42
4.1 Brain Development and Neural Dissolution 43
4.2 Process of Dissolution and Primitive Reflexes 44
4.3 Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Primitive Reflexes 45
References 46
Chapter 5: Attention, Brain-Mind Integration and ADHD 49
References 51
Chapter 6: Implications for Education and Therapy of ADHD Children 54
References 60
Index 63

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2018
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 59 p. 6 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
• Schlagworte: ADHD • ADHD treatment interventions • attentional and cognitive functions in ADHD • attention, cognition, and ADHD • Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder • basic methods of ADHD treastment • brain and cognition in ADHD • Disinhibition and ADHD • Highlings Jackson and hierarchical development • hypofrontality and ADHD • neural and mental dissoluation • neurall disorganization and dissoluation • non-pharmacologic management of ADHD • Posttraumatic stress disorder • primitive reflexes and ADHD • PTSD • stress and brain development • stress and psychological dissociation
• ISBN-10: 3-319-96494-1 / 3319964941
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-96494-2 / 9783319964942