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The Adult ADHD Toolkit offers a novel and radical approach that gives clinicians and patients the ability to take unprecedented control over their treatments
List of contents
Preface 1. Introduction 2. What Do You Have to Do?--The To-Do List: 3. How Do You Spend Yourself: The Daily Planner 4. Define, Prioritize, and Choreograph What You Do: Time and Task Management 5. Putting the Plan Into Motion (or "Once I get started...") 6. Keeping the Plan Going (Part 1)--Motivation, Emotions ,and Energy 7. Keeping the Plan Going (Part 2)--Attitudes, Beliefs, and Self-Esteem 8. Outsourcing Coping Skills 9. Data Management--Recording, Organizing, and Managing Information 10. Materials Management--Organizing and Managing Your "Stuff" 11. Environmental Engineering: Managing Your Surroundings 12. Problem Management--Putting Skills Together to Navigate the World 13. Managing College with ADHD 14. Managing the Workplace with ADHD 15. Relationships, Family, and Adult ADHD 16. Health, Well-being, and Adult ADHD 17. Your Relationship with Technology--Good Servant, Poor Master 18. Committing to Undoing the Effects of Adult ADHD 19. The Role of Medication in the Treatment of Adult ADHD 20. Conclusions Appendix A: Online Resources and Organizations Appendix B: Recommended Readings for Consumers Appendix C: Recommended Readings for Professionals Appendix D: Adult ADHD Clinics Appendix E: Useful Tools and Apps Appendix F: Medications for Adult ADHD References Index
About the author
J. Russell Ramsay, PhD, is cofounder and codirector of the Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program and an associate professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry in the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He is cochair of the professional advisory board for the Attention Deficit Disorder Association.
Anthony L. Rostain, MD, is cofounder and codirector of the Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program and a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics in the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, where he is also director of education for the department of psychiatry. He is currently president of the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD).
Summary
The Adult ADHD Toolkit offers a novel and radical approach that gives clinicians and patients the ability to take unprecedented control over their treatments
