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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

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

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    Publisher: Ebury Publishing
    Publication Date: 03/01/2019
    ISBN13: 9781785042218, 978-1785042218
    ISBN10: 1785042211

    Number of Pages: 368

    Non Fiction , Health & Wellbeing

    Description

    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

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