Attention, genes, and ADHD / edited by Florence Levy and David A. Hay.

Hove, East Sussex ; Philadelphia, PA : Brunner-Routledge, 2001.

xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.