Taking Charge of Adult ADHD (eBook)

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published six assessment scales and more than 280 scientific articles and book chapters on ADHD, executive functioning, and childhood defiance, and is editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.Christine M. Benton is a Chicago-based writer and editor.

IntroductionStep One. To Get Started, Get Evaluated1. Is It Possible That You Have ADHD?2. Can You Handle the Problem on Your Own?3. Where Can You Go to Get Help?4. What Do You Need for the Evaluation?5. What Will the Evaluation Tell You?Step Two. Change Your Mindset: Know and Own Your ADHD6. Know Your ADHD7. Resisting Impulses: The First Step in Self-Control8. Self-Control: How to Get What You Want9. Executive Functions: The Abilities That Make Up Self-Control . . . and More10. The Nature of ADHD and How You Can Master It11. Own Your ADHDStep Three. Change Your Brain: Medications for Mastering ADHD12. Why It Makes Sense to Try Medication13. The Stimulants14. The Nonstimulants15. What to Expect from TreatmentStep Four. Change Your Life: Everyday Rules for Success16. Rule 1: Stop the Action!17. Rule 2: See the Past . . . and Then the Future18. Rule 3: Say the Past . . . and Then the Future19. Rule 4: Externalize Key Information20. Rule 5: Feel the Future21. Rule 6: Break It Down . . . and Make It Matter22. Rule 7: Make Problems External, Physical, and Manual23. Rule 8: Have a Sense of Humor!Step Five. Change Your Situation: Mastering ADHD in Specific Areas of Your Life24. Education25. Work26. Money27. Relationships28. Driving, Health, and Lifestyle Risks29. Other Mental and Emotional Problems30. Drugs and CrimeAppendix. A Closer Look at ADHD SymptomsResources