New York Times bestseller! From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr.
Providing a thorough overview of ADD and its treatments, without blaming anyone, Scattered Minds is essential and life-changing reading for the millions of ADD sufferers in North America today..
He draws heavily on his own experience with the disorder, as both an ADD sufferer and the parent of diagnosed children.
Maté moves beyond that to focus on the things we can control: changes in environment, family dynamics, and parenting choices.
While acknowledging that genetics may indeed play a part in predisposing a person toward ADD, Dr.
In Scattered Minds , he describes the painful realities of ADD and its effect on children as well as on career and social paths in adults.
Maté believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause of and cure for this condition.
Gabor Maté, bestselling author of The Myth of Normal, and himself diagnosed with ADD: Demonstrates that the condition is not a genetic illness but a response to environmental stress 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 behaviors Expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood Presents a program of how to promote this development in both children and adults Whereas other books on the subject describe the condition as inherited, Dr.
In this breakthrough guide to understanding, treating, and Healing Attention Deficit Disorder, Dr.
Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based--and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.
New York Times bestseller! From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr
