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Seminar: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

James H. Johnson, Ph.D., ABPP

Spring Semester - 2009

M & W: 10:00 - 11:30

Room: HPNP G105

Tentative Sequence of Topics

Power Points

          

   Historical Overview             ADHD Core Features         ADHD Development

         

                    Comorbidity/Mimicry       Guidelines         Treatment Planning*

        

ADHD Treatment   ADHD, Speech & Language    ADHD & Driving

         

                ADULT ADHD          ADHD  & Stress  Auditory Processing Disorders

           

Dr. Bussing's Talk     Katie Kiker's Talk           Courtney's Talk  

      

Victoria's Talk                Eileen's Talk                Tina's Talk

Wednesday, January 7th

Class Organization; ADHD: A Historical Perspective

Monday, January 12th

Core Symptoms, Current Diagnostic Criteria, Diagnostic Issues/Dilemmas

Wednesday, January 14th , (No Class Monday 1/19th)

Developmental Issues and Later Life Outcomes

Wednesday January 21st , Monday, January 26th

ADHD: Correlates, Comorbidity & Mimicry

Wednesday January 28th Monday, February 2

Etiological Contributions to the Development of ADHD

Wednesday February 4th, Monday February 9th

Conceptual Approaches to Assessment/Diagnosis: Practice Guidelines and Issues in Clinical Decision Making.

Wednesday February 11th, Monday February 16th , Wednesday February 18th

Treatments for ADHD: Variations in Treatment Approaches

Monday February, 23rd

Development of ADHD Treatment Plans

Wednesday February 25th

ADHD Family Stress & Family Functioning

March 2nd , 4th, (No Class March 9th & 11th – Spring Break), March 16th, March 18th March 23rd March 25th

Guest Presentations.

  • Language Related Difficulties in Children with ADHD- Sara Plager - March 2
  • ADHD and Adolescent Driving Performance Melissa Stern - March 4th
  • ADHD in Adults - Glenn Ashkanazi- March 16th
  • ADHD and Family Stress - Jim Johnson - March 18
  • Central Auditory Processing Problems: Relevance to ADHD – Dr. James Hall - March 23
  • Psychopharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Comorbid Conditions in Children with ADHD – Regina Bussing M.D.  - March 25

Student Special Topic Presentations

March 30th (Katie), April 1st (Courtney), April 6th (Victoria), April 8th (Eileen), April 13th (Tina), April 15th (Michelle)

April 20th

Full Class Activity: Simulated Television Call-in Program: ADHD

April 22nd Final Exam

Evaluation:

Evaluation for the course will be based on 1) a final exam, which will cover material from required readings, class discussion, special topic presentations and guest speakers, 2) special topic presentation and 3) contributions to in class discussions.

Required and Recommended Readings

General Articles

International Consensus Statement on ADHD (2002) Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Vol. 5, 89 – 111 (Required)

American Academy of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2007). Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 46(7), 894-921 (Required)

Wolraich, M. L. et al. (2005). Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder among Adolescents: A review of the Diagnosis, Treatment and Clinical Implications, Pediatrics, 115, 1734 – 1746. (Required)

Nyden, A. et al., (2007). Long term psychological and health economy consequences of ADHD, Autism, and Reading-Writing disorder: A prospective service evaluation project. Journal of Attention Disorders, 12, 141 – 148.

Assessment and Diagnosis of ADHD

Sciutto, M. J. and Eisenberg, M. (2007). Evaluating the evidence for and against the over diagnosis of ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11, 106 – 113.

Pelham, W.E., Fabiano, G.A. and Greta M. (2005) Evidence-Based Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Vol. 34, No. 3, 449–476 (Required)

American Academy of Pediatrics (2000). Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Pediatrics, 105, 1158 – 1171 (Required)

Gordon, M. et al., (2006). Symptoms versus impairment: The case for respecting DMS-IV’s criterion D. Journal of Attention Disorders, 9, 465 – 475. (Required)

Gathje, R. A., et al (2008). The role of impairment in the diagnosis of ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11, 529 – 537. (Required)

Treatment of ADHD

Diller, L. and Goldstein, S. (2006). Science, ethics, and the psychosocial treatment of ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 9, 571 – 574. (Required)

Pelham, W.E., and Fabiano, G.A. (2008). Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 184 - 214. (Required)

Chronis, A. M, Jones, H. A. and Raggi, V. L. (2006). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, Volume 26, Issue 4, 486-502. (Required)

Wood, J. G., et al (2007). Literature review: Beyond methylphenidate: Non-stimulant medications for youth with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11, 341- 350. (Required)

Hoza, B, Kaiser, N. M. & Hurt, E. (2007). Multimodal Treatments for Childhood Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Interpreting Outcomes in the Context of Study Designs, Clinical Child Fam Psychol Rev, 10:318–334 (Required)

Majewicz-Hefley, A. and Carlson, J. S. (2007). A meta-analysis of combined treatments for children with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 10, 239 – 250. (Required)

American Academy of Pediatrics (2001). Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of the School-Aged child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Pediatrics, 108, 1033 – 1045 (Required)

Raggi, V. L. and Chronis, A. M. (2006). Interventions to Address the Academic Impairment of Children and Adolescents with ADHD, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 85 -111. (Required)

Toplak, et al. ((2008). Review of cognitive, cognitive-behavioral, and neural-based interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 801 – 823

Advokat, C. (2007). Update on amphetamine neurotoxicity and its relevance to the treatment of ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11, 8 – 16.

Multimodal Treatment Research Findings

Swanson, J. et al (2008) Evidence, interpretation and qualification from multiple reports of long-term outcome in the Multimodal Treatment Study of children with ADHD: Part I: Supporting Details, Journal of Attention Disorders, 12, 4 – 14. (Required)

Swanson, J. et al (2008) Evidence, interpretation and qualification from multiple reports of long-term outcome in the Multimodal Treatment Study of children with ADHD: Part II: Executive Summary, Journal of Attention Disorders, 12, 15 – 43. (Required)

Genetic and Neuropsychological Findings

Bradley, D.D. and Golden, C.J. (2001). Biological contributions to the presentation and understanding of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 21, 907 - 929.

Wallis, D., Russell, H.F. & Muenke, M. (2008). Genetics of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33, 1085 – 1099. (Required)

Khan, S. A., and Faraone, S. V. (2006). The genetics of ADHD: A literature review of 2005. Current Psychiatry Reports, 8, 393-397

Dickstein, S. G. et al (2006), The neural correlates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: An ALE Meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 1051 – 1062. (Required)

Epstein, J. N. et al (2007). ADHD and medication-related brain activation effects in concordantly affected parent-child dyads with ADHD. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 899 – 913 (Required)

Mehta, M. A., et al (2004). Methylphenidate improves working memory and set-shifting in AD/HD: Relationships to baseline memory capacity. Journal of Child psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 293-305.

Bedard, A. and Tannock, R. (2007). Anxiety, methylphenidate response, and working memory in children with ADHD, Journal of Attention Disorders, 10, 546 – 557.

ADHD Outcome

Barkley, R. A. et al (2006). Young adult outcomes of hyperactive children: Adaptive functioning in major life activities, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 192 – 202. (Required)

ADHD Comorbidity

Crawford, S. G., et al., (2006). Effects of coexisting disorders on cognition and behavior in children with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 10, 192 – 199. (Required)

Jarrett, M. A. and Ollendick, T.H. (2008). A conceptual review of the comorbidity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anxiety: Implications for future research and practice, Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 1266 – 1280. (Required)

Connor, D. F. and Doerfler, L. A. (2008). ADHD with comorbid oppositional disorder or conduct disorder: Decrete or non distinct disruptive behavior disorders. Journal of Attention Deficit Disorders, 12, 126 – 134.

ADHD and Gender

Bauermeister, J. J. et al (2007). ADHD and gender: Are risks and sequel of ADHD the same for boys and girls? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 831 – 839. (Required)

Cultural Issues in ADHD

Livingston, R. (1999), Cultural issues in Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38, 1591 – 1594. (Required)

Social Functioning

Nijmeijer, J.S. et al. (2008) Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and social dysfunction. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 692 – 708. (Required)

ADHD and Unintentional Injury

Marcus, S. C. et al (2007). Injury among stimulant treated youth with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 12, 64 – 69. (Required)

ADHD and Driving Risk

Jerome, L., et al (2006). What we know about ADHD and Driving Risk: A literature review, Metal-Analysis and Critique. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 15, 105 – 125. (Required)

ADHD and Substance Abuse

Kollins, S. H. (2008). ADHD, substance use disorders, and psychostimulant treatment: Current literature and treatment guidelines. Journal of Attention Disorders, 12, 115 – 125. (Required)

Flory, K. and Lyman, D. R. (2003). The relations between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance abuse: What role does conduct disorder play? Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 6, 1 – 16.

Developmental Trajectories in ADHD

Shaw, D.S. et al (2005). Developmental trajectories of conduct problems and hyperactivity from ages 2 to 10. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 931 – 942. (Required)

ADHD with High and Low IQ

Amtshel, K. et al (2007). Is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder a valid diagnosis in the presence of high IQ? Results from the MGH longitudinal family studies of ADHD. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 687 – 694. (Required)

Antshel, K. M. et al (2006). Is ADHD a valid disorder in children with intellectual delays? Clinical Psychology Review, 26, 555-572. (Required)

ADHD: Relation to Autistic Symptomatology

Reiersen, A. M., Constantino, J. N. Volk, H. E., & Todd, R.D. (2007). Autistic traits in a population-based ADHD twin sample, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 464 – 472. (Required)

Parental Attributions and ADHD

Johnston, C and Oban, J. I. (2005). The importance of parental attributions in families of children with attention devicit/hyperactivity and disruptive behavior disorders. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 8, 167 - 182

Self Perceptions and Biases in ADHD

Sarno-Owens, et al (2007). A critical review of self-perceptions and the positive illusory bias in children with ADHD. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 10, 335 – 351.

Hartung, C. M., et al., (2006). Biases in ratings of disruptive behavior in children: Effects of sex and negative halos. Journal of Attention Disorders, 9, 620 – 630.

Adult ADHD

Davidson, M. A. (2008) ADHD in adults: A review of the Literature. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11, 628 – 641. (Required)

Sprafkin, J. et al., (2007). Psychiatric comorbidity in ADHD symptom subtypes in clinic and community adults. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11, 114 – 124.

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