Your Defiant Child

Author: Russell A. Barkley
Pages: 424
Size: 6" x 9"

Paperback
Publication Date: September 2005 ISBN 1-59385-231-2

List Price: $28.00 / $55.00 (hardcover)

"Not only does this book provide a comprehensive history of ADHD, but it also offers new perspectives on the contributions of behavioral inhibition and executive functions to the syndrome. Numerous behavioral indicators that were not accounted for by prior theories are addressed by Barkley's new paradigm. This book is essential reading [and] furnishes valuable information for psychologists, psychiatrists, and educators."
-Contemporary Psychology

This far-reaching work from renowned scientist-practitioner Russell A. Barkley provides a radical shift of perspective on ADHD. The volume synthesizes neuropsychological research and theory on the executive functions, illuminating how normally functioning individuals are able to bring behavior under the control of time and orient their actions toward the future. Meticulously applying this model to an examination of the cognitive and social impairments manifested in ADHD, Barkley offers compelling new directions for thinking about and treating the disorder. The paperback edition features a new afterword in which the author reflects on current research directions and the continuing evolution of his approach.

1.   The Nature of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
2.   Biological Etiologies Associated with ADHD
3.   Defining Behavioral Inhibition, Self-Control, and Executive Function
4.   Behavioral Inhibition and ADHD
5.   Neuropsychological Views of the Executive Functions: The Origins of a
      Hybrid Model
6.   Additional Evidence Supporting the Existence of the Executive Functions
7.   Constructing the Hybrid Model of Executive Functions
8.   Developmental Considerations: Self-Control as an Instinct
9.   Extending the Hybrid Model of Executive Functions to ADHD
10. Evidence Supporting Executive Function Deficits in ADHD
11. Understanding ADHD and Self-Control: Social and Clinical Implications
      Afterword (2005)