Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150) and index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- 1: Understanding ADHD -- 1: Characteristics of attention deficit disorder / Paula Anne Ford Martin, Teresa G Odle, Helen Davidson -- 2: Many adults have ADHD / Diana Mahoney -- 3: Girls also suffer from ADHD / Nicole Crawford -- 4: ADHD is related to delayed brain growth / Lindsey Minnema -- 5: ADHD genes may have been helpful for ancient nomads / William Saletan -- 6: Brain imaging may help diagnose and treat ADHD / Claire Shipman, Ariane Nalty -- 2: Controversies About ADHD -- 1: ADHD is a real medical disorder / Stephen V Faraone -- 2: ADHD is not real medical disorder / Sami Timimi, Nick Radcliffe -- 3: ADHD is under diagnosed and under treated / William Dodson -- 4: ADHD is over diagnosed and ADHD medications are over prescribed / Tom Glaister -- 5: Alternative therapies may be useful in treating ADHD / Tara Parker Pope -- 6: Children should undergo heart screening before taking stimulants to treat ADHD / D Woodrow Benson, Christena H Benson -- 7: Children do not need to undergo heart screening before taking stimulants to treat ADHD / Lawrence Diller -- 3: Personal Experiences With ADHD -- 1: My life changed for the better after my ADHD diagnosis and treatment / Ann Barkin as told to Sandy Fertman Ryan -- 2: Living with the tics that accompany my ADHD / Blake E S Taylor -- 3: My son's story / Laurie Hagberg -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading -- Index.

From the Publisher's Website: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (including symptoms, causes, treatments and cures); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues; and offers first-person narratives from people coping with the disease-either as patients, family members or caregivers. Essays are carefully edited and introduced to make them easily accessible to student researchers as well as general readers. By focusing on the controversies surrounding diseases and disorders, this series supports debate assignments and helps develop critical thinking skills, and also helps patients and family members learn about and deal with a disease or disorder. Each volume includes numerous color photos, charts, graphs and tables as well as a glossary of key terms, a chronology of developments relating to the disease or disorder, a bibliography to assist with further research, a list of organizations to contact and an index.