Horacek, H. Joseph.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowan and Littlefield, 2004, c1998.
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Notes:
- A Jason Aronson book –Title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index.
- 1. What are brainstorms? — 2. Four brainstormers — 3. Neurobiology and brainstorms — 4. Brain 101 — 5. Noradrenergic regulation — 6. Diagnosis: the current state of the art — 7. The static encephalopathies — 8. The dopamine-scrotonin-noradrenaline (DSN) system: diagnosis by target symptoms — 9. The medical management of the brainstorm syndrome — 10. Clonidine: turning down the steam — 11. Beyond medications — 12. Dysgraphia and the brainstorm syndrome — 13. Disability and responsibility: excuses or reasons ? — 14. Four brainstormers revisited — 15. Summary and parting comments.
- Brainstorms examines questions surrounding the possible neurobiological underpinnings of the emotionally hyperactive and hyperreactive components of ADHD and related disorders. These pre-psychological substrata may, for example, be fundamental to what we think of as temperament. Here is where the regulation of selective attention and the filtration of noise reside, along with the neurosystems behind energy, sleep/wakefulness, and emotional intensity. The firecracker temperament often associated with certain subtypes of ADHD is quick to heat up and just as quick to cool down. Episodes of dyscontrol, involving anger or any other strong emotion, can present the most challenging aspects of managing ADHD in people of all ages on the other hand, what takes shape in one person as a handicap may be a welcome burst of creativity and inspired vision in others — such as Mozart, Edison, Hemingway. Exploration of the many paradoxes of these brainstorms is the business of Dr. Horacek’s very different, very necessary book. –Back cover.
Subjects:
- Attention-deficit disorder in adults.
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Minimal brain dysfunction.
- Minimal brain dysfunction in children.
- Dysautonomia.
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