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ADHD on Trial: Courtroom Clashes over the Meaning of Disability
Explores psychiatric diagnoses, the meaning of 'disability', and law regarding when psychological conditions should allow for special allowances. This title takes us into the courtroom and behind the scenes with attorneys and experts to look not only at this trial.
Author(s) | By Michael Gordon. |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 155 |
Published in | United States |
Published | 5 Mar 2009 |
Availability | POD |
Explores psychiatric diagnoses, the meaning of 'disability', and law regarding when psychological conditions should allow for special allowances. This title takes us into the courtroom and behind the scenes with attorneys and experts to look not only at this trial.
Ch 1. The Review Ch 2: Motivation Ch 3: Diagnosis vs. Disability Ch 4: Depositions Ch 5: A Cautionary Tale Ch 6: The Trial Ch 7: The Final Order Resources: For More Information
Michael Gordon, PhD, is Chief Clinical Child Psychologist and Director of the ADHD Program in the Department of Psychiatry, at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He is also Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, as well as a Professor in the