Smart but Stuck
Thomas E. Brown explores the disconnect between high intelligence and functional impairment in adolescents and adults with ADHD. The work conceptualizes ADHD as a developmental impairment of the brain’s executive functions, categorized into clusters such as activation, focus, effort, emotion, memory, and action. Through clinical case studies, Brown illustrates how these deficits lead to chronic underachievement and provides a multimodal framework for intervention.
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