Research Catalog

Title

Scattered : how attention deficit disorder originates and what you can do about it / Gabor Maté.

Author

Maté, Gabor

Publication

New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, 1999.

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Details

Description

xix, 348 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

In the United States more than 3 million children--and numerous adults--suffer from A.D.D. Based on personal experience and years of medical practice and research, Scattered is a groundbreaking book that explodes the conventional wisdom that A.D.D. is a genetically based disorder, declaring instead that its roots are environmental. Dr. Gabor Mate, a family physician and himself an A.D.D. sufferer, asserts that A.D.D. originates in infancy as a response to conditions that fail to provide a necessary degree of emotional or physical security. Financial problems, marital strife, job stress, and substance abuse can all create an environment that may trigger A.D.D.In Scattered, Mate's mission is not to place blame. Instead, he provides the means of identifying problems and arms parents and readers with the necessary tools to solve them. His plan for healing is an optimistic approach, placing emphasis on what changes need to be made to a child's environment instead of focusing strictly on what is wrong with the child. Neither pro nor anti-drug, Mate believes that medications such as Ritalin should be considered as part of the overall treatment of A.D.D.Revolutionary in content, persuasive and articulate, Scattered is sure to garner attention in the media, as well as induce controversy and debate throughout the A.D.D. establishment.

Subject

• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Psychological aspects
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Environmental aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-339) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The nature of attention deficit disorder -- How the brain develops and how the circuits and chemistry of ADD arise -- The roots of ADD in family and society -- The meaning of ADD traits -- The ADD child and healing -- The ADD adult -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0525944125 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99012999^

OCLC

• 40881378
• SCSB-12224470

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library