Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adult Outcome and Its Predictors
Edited by Lily Hechtman
Author Information
Dr. Lily Hechtman is a Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at McGill University and Director of Research in the Division of Child Psychiatry. Her research has focused on long-term prospective studies of children with ADHD followed into adolescence and adulthood, summarized in: Weiss, G, Hechtman, L: Hyperactive Children Grown Up, second edition, Guilford Press, 1993. Interest in the diagnosis and treatment of adults with ADHD resulted in: Weiss, M, Hechtman, L, Weiss, G: ADHD in Adulthood - A Guide to Current Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment. The John Hopkins Press, 1999. Drs. Hechtman and Abikoff conducted the first controlled multimodal treatment study of children with ADHD. This study set the stage for the multisite multimodal treatment of children with ADHD (the MTA study). Dr. Hechtman headed one of the sites. Dr. Hechtman has been honored by the American Child and Adults with ADHD (CHADD) organization, and CACAP for "outstanding contributions in service, teaching, and research at the regional, national, and international level." She has also been the recipient of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Elaine Schlosser Lewis Award for ADHD research and the CACAP Paul D. Steinhauer Advocacy Award, as well as the Transcontinental Research Award of Excellence.
Contributors:
Russell A. Barkley, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA
Joseph Biederman, MD
Chief, Clinical and Research Programsý in Pediatric Psychopharmacologyý and Adult ADHD
Director, Bressler Program for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Massachusetts General Hospitalý
Professor of Psychiatryý
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Mariya V. Cherkasova, PhD
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mariellen Fischer, PhD
Associated Mental Health Consultants
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Lily Hechtman, MD, FRCP
Division of Child Psychiatry
Montreal Children's Hospital
McGill University Health Centre
Montréal, QC, Canada
Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD
Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Sylvaine Houssais, MA
Brooke S.G. Molina, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Elizabeth B. Owens, PhD
Institute of Human Development
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
Sarah L. Pedersen, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
William E. Pelham, Jr., PhD
Department of Psychology
Center for Children and Families
Florida International University
Miami, FL, USA
Arunima Roy, MBBS
McGill University Health Centre
Montréal, QC, Canada
Margaret H. Sibley, PhD
Florida International University
Center for Children and Families
Miami, FL, USA
Mai Uchida, MD
Psychiatry Department
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Gabrielle Weiss, MD
Christine A. Zalecki, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Children's Center at Langley Porter
San Francisco, CA, USA
University of California, Berkeley
Institute of Human Development
Berkeley, CA, USA