Scattered minds : the origins and healing of attention deficit disorder

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Label

Scattered minds : the origins and healing of attention deficit disorder

Title remainder

the origins and healing of attention deficit disorder

Statement of responsibility

Gabor Maté

Creator

• Maté, Gabor

Author

• Maté, Gabor

Subject

• Attention-deficit disorder in adults
• trueAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Nonfiction

Language

eng

Summary

This book explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based - and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Maté is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology - and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered minds is a must-read for parents - and for anyone interested how experiences in infancy shape the biology and psychology of the human brain. This book: Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible impairment and developmental delay ; Explains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy - and why ; Shows how `distractibility' is the psychological product of life experience ; Allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviours ; Expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood ; Presents a programme of how to promote this development in both children and adults

Dewey number

616.8589

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction