What causes ADHD? [electronic resource] : understanding what goes wrong and why /

Nigg, Joel T.

What causes ADHD? understanding what goes wrong and why / [electronic resource] : Joel T. Nigg. - New York : Guilford Press, c2006. - x, 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-409) and index.

Conceptual context -- ADHD's controversies -- Defining "disorder" -- How does ADHD work? -- Neural systems -- Attention and arousal -- Executive functioning or cognitive control -- Motivation -- Motor control and timing -- Where does ADHD come from? -- Multiple pathways -- Genetic effects -- Uncommon experiential risk factors -- Common experiential risk factors -- Integration -- Multiple pathways reconsidered -- Conclusion.


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