Auteur : Levy, Florence 1937- / Hay, David A

Maison d'édition : Brunner-Routledge

Date de publication : 2001

Collation : xiv, 272 p. : ill.

ISBN : 1841692670

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. Introduction -- 2. Introduction to the genetic analysis of attentional disorders -- 3. The diagnostic genetics of ADHD symptoms and subtypes -- 4. The developmental genetics of ADHD -- 5. Familial and genetic bases of speech and language disorders -- 6. Comorbidity of reading/spelling disability and ADHD -- 7. Causes of the overlap among symptoms of ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder -- 8. Actiology of the sex difference in the prevalence of DSM-III-R ADHD : a comparison of two models -- 9. Single gene studies of ADHD -- 10. Molecular genetics of ADHD -- 11. The genetic relationship between ADHD and Gills de la Tourette syndrome -- 12. Implications of genetic studies of attention problems for education and intervention -- 13. Child psychiatry in the era following sequencing the genome

Résumé : This book focuses on the application of behaviour genetic approaches to twin studies, and reviews diagnostic to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the relationships between reading, spelling and ADHD, and family and genetic influences on speech and speech and language.

Mots-clés : Trouble déficitaire de l'attention / Génétique médicale / Maladies génétiques chez l'enfant / Maladies génétiques / Enfants hyperactifs

Cote : WS 350.8.A8 L668a 2001