The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out
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A central source of frustration for most adults with ADHD is that they know what they need to do but they have difficulties turning their intentions into actions. These difficulties also interfere with their ability to use self-help books and to get the most out of psychosocial treatments that provide coping strategies that promise to improve their functioning. Drs. Ramsay and Rostain are experts in the assessment and treatment of adult ADHD and are leaders in the development of effective psychosocial treatments for this group of patients. Their newest book, The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out is a coping guide for adults living with ADHD, one that does not just present useful coping strategies but also provides specific tactics designed to help readers implement these skills in their daily lives and brings them to life in a user-friendly format. The authors discuss many different settings in which ADHD may cause difficulties, including work, school, matters of physical health and well-being, and the issue of excessive use of technology. Although written for consumers, clinicians will find the book to be a clinically useful tool for their adult patients with ADHD, serving as a companion to the newly updated and expanded second edition of Drs. Ramsay and Rostain’s professional treatment manual, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: An Integrative Psychosocial and Medical Approach.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Routledge, 1st edition (26 Sept. 2014) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 214 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9780415815895 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0415815895 |
| Dimensions | 15.24 x 1.24 x 22.86 cm |
by Liam
If you have ADHD this book is pointless. Typical / books written on ADHD by people without ADHD, but feel they are experts. It’s ‘just’ small print text. I opened it, laughed and chucked it on the side. I’ve shown other with ADHD who have rolled their eyes at it. Why didn’t they get someone who actually has it to help?
by Murf
The contents of this much needed book, those which I could take in under the circumstances, are very good. But the format absolutely torpedoes it.
I’m an older adult with ADHD, and I’ve been searching for the last couple of years for something to help me with the day to day issues the condition throws up. After hearing an interview with the author on the excellent ‘I Have ADHD’ with Kristen Carder podcast I ordered myself a copy.
It arrived yesterday, but it isn’t fit for purpose. The text is miniscule, and crammed together on the page. Had I persevered I would’ve given myself a headache from eye strain and frustration. That the author (s) didn’t think of this is very concerning.
As for the book itself, it looks like it’s been photocopied. Not the quality I’d expect from a publisher as established as Routledge. Very disappointing and something I’m going to raise with them.
I can only hope there’ll be a complete re-think, and the second edition will have larger text, and a layout with spacings and box outs. I feel they sacrificed all that to make it bag sized. Instead they made it unusable. Sadly, a wasted opportunity. 10/10 for material, 0/10 for everything else.
by Alisa
I think that there is some decent advice compared to other similar books. Chapters are well-linked and each chapter can be read on its own.
It is very focused on strategies which I like.
I purchased a kindle version and open it on PC Kindle which is much much easier to use than the phone kindle.
Overall, I am pretty happy with it.
by Abdi Ismail
I bought this book 2 months after it was released, back in 2014. It was a struggle to read the book. Firstly, its written in a really small font, i’ve never purchased a self help book written with such small of a font. Secondly, there’s very little line spacing, the words seam crammed in to the page. Thirdly, on many pages there are no paragraph breaks, instead paragraphs begin on the following line. The paragrpahs seem long winded.
People with ADHD have executive function problems, this effects our ability to read. I cant understand why the book was designed like this.
The best book on ADHD and self help, i’ve ever bought was the “Mindfulness Prescription for ADHD”. It was so easy to read, the publishers of the book knew reading books would be a struggle for the intended audience, so they designed a layout that was instantly engaging and easy to read. Not too many words per page, larger font, visualisations and illustration of concepts and different backgrounds for the text.
by SARAH PRICE
Good information on planning.