Handbook of Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Adults
This authoritative handbook presents cutting edge knowledge to guide effective assessment and treatment throughout the adult years. Edited by two of the foremost and prolific authors in the field, Drs. Sam Goldstein and Cecil R. Reynolds, and contributed to by leading researchers and practitioners, this volume illuminates the neurobiological basis and clinical characteristics of a broad range of conditions that affect learning and behavior as well as physical functioning and health. Each chapter is designed to provide background and overview of the condition, guidelines for assessment and intervention. The twenty-three chapters include learning disabilities, ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders, Autism, Turner, Fragile X, Williams, Noonan, Down, Klinefelter and Rett Syndrome, as well as chapters on a number of additional conditions such as Sickle Cell and Lesch-Nyhan Disease.
