This book explains, in engaging language, the emotional experience and possible behavioural patterns of ADHD on the bases of its neurobiological function, with a focus on the opportunities and obstacles faced by those with ADHD in professional education as well as in the course of a professional career.
1. Introduction.- 2. One Person's ADHD is not the same as Another's.- 3. The Functional System of ADHD.- It's not that ADHDers think too little - they just think too widely.- 4. fundamentals of ADHD in the World of Work.- 5. Directly Job-related: ADHD Works!.- 6. The Curse of Negative Hyperfocus (negative tunnel vision).- 7. The Self-Worth Issue.- 8. ADHD Medication and Job.- 9. Transition: Growing up with ADHD. Adolescence, career choice, education and further training.- 10. Quintessence.- Index.- About the author.