Author: Karen M. Hicks
Publisher: People’s Medical Society
Keywords: disease, woman, misdiagnosis
Number of Pages: 249
Published: 1994-04
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1882606108
ISBN-13: 9781882606108

Author: Barbara C. Fisher
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: neuropsychological, perspective, assessment, treatment, behavior, brain, deficit, disorder, misdiagnosis, approaching, attention
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1997-12-29
List price: $139.95
ISBN-10: 1574440977
ISBN-13: 9781574440973

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is one of the least understood medical conditions. With no specific test available, misdiagnosis is common and the results can be devastating for both the parents and the child. Because no one can agree on a single definition for the disorder, confusion is rampant and treatment is only mildly successful at best.Attention Deficit Disorder Misdiagnosis addresses these problems in a systematic and logical fashion. It presents a battery of tests for properly diagnosing ADD, stresses its relationship to brain behavior and proposes practical treatment solutions. Writ

Author: Michael Porter
Publisher: African American Image
Keywords: american, boys, classrooms, african, misdiagnosis, kill
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 1998-03-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0913543543
ISBN-13: 9780913543542

According to Michael Porter, some people believe that today’s youth, especially African American males, are lost; many of them can be found inside Behavior Disorder classes in America’s public school system. This book examines how African American males end up in dead end BD classes, what happens to them in these classes, and how people can help their community to get on a life enhancing path.

Authors:Dr. Elizabeth Adele Klonoff, Dr. Hope Landrine,
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: women, symptoms, mental, health, psychiatric, development, disorders, misdiagnosis, guide, physical, preventing
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 1997-11-13
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 0761900470
ISBN-13: 9780761900474

Many physical disorders suffered by women have psychiatric symptoms. For example, hyperthyroidism can result in depression and anxiety, and temporal lobe epilepsy can have the same symptoms as bipolar disorder. As a result, women are in danger of being misdiagnosed as having psychiatric problems and receiving completely inappropriate treatment. This volume gives psychotherapists, counsellors and other mental health professionals the foundation for identifying physiological disorders that may be at the root of the mental health problems presented by female clients. Illustrated with detailed

Authors:James T. Webb, Edward R. Amend, Nadia E. Webb, Jean G
Publisher: Great Potential Press
Keywords: ocd, bipolar, asperger, depression, disorders, adhd, adults, dual, diagnoses, gifted, children, misdiagnosis
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0910707677
ISBN-13: 9780910707671

Our brightest, most creative children and adults are often being misdiagnosed with behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, Bipolar, OCD, or Asperger’s. Many receive unneeded medication and inappropriate counseling as a result. Physicians, psychologist, and counselors are unaware of characteristics of gifted children and adults that mimic pathological diagnoses. Six nationally prominent health care professionals describe ways parents and professionals can distinguish between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors. Features include a Forewor