For the treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures in physiologically older patients or for those greater than 65 years of age, it is generally accepted that replacement arthroplasty, when compared to open reduction and internal fixation, provides better functional results with fewer complications and lower reoperation rates. 1 The optimal type of arthroplasty to be performed (Austin-Moore, hemiarthroplasty, or total hip arthroplasty [THA]), however, has continued to generate considerable debate.

ADHD and Asperger Syndrome in Smart Kids and Adults offers detailed examples of individuals who have above-average cognitive intelligence, but struggle with executive function impairments of ADHD and significant social-emotional impairments of Asperger syndrome. The book centers around twelve case studies of bright children, teens, and adults treated for both ADHD and Asperger syndrome. Each chapter describes diverse examples of their strengths and their difficulties and explains how these individuals can be helped with appropriate treatment to overcome their ADHD impairments and to improve their ability to understand and interact more effectively with others. Case examples are followed by updated, science-based descriptions of these disorders. Providing science-based information about ADHD and Asperger syndrome in clearly understandable, accessible language, this text is ideal for clinicians, educators, social workers, medical and mental health service providers, and parents of those struggling with such impairments. It also advocates for restoring the diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome to diagnostic manuals of the American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization.

While increasing numbers of articles and books refer to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a disorder of “executive function” of the mind, two conflicting views have emerged about how ADHD and executive function are related. In one view it is argued that some, but not all, who meet the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnostic criteria for ADHD suffer from significant impairments of executive function. The alternative view holds that all individuals with ADHD suffer from significant impairment of executive function, and that ADHD essentially is a developmental impairment of executive function. These conflicting viewpoints rest upon divergent understandings of the nature of executive functions and how these functions should be assessed. Each leads to a very different conclusion about the essential nature of ADHD and its relationship to other learning and psychiatric disorders. This article describes and evaluates those two views and their implications.

1. This preliminary report reveals that focused impacts on the exposed skull of rats causes a uniform production of acute subdural and subarachnoid hematomas and associated cerebral injury by laser radiation from a water-cooled ruby laser.