Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

• Product details

• Publisher ? : ? Vermilion (3 January 2019)
• Language ? : ? English
• Paperback ? : ? 368 pages
• ISBN-10 ? : ? 1785042211
• ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1785042218
• Item Weight ? : ? 250 g
• Dimensions ? : ? 12.6 x 2.2 x 19.8 c

  Scattered Minds 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.
  
  Scattered Minds:
  - 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