Scattered Minds

The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Gabor Maté

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Vermilion
22 January 2019

Psychology; Popular medicine & health; Coping with illness

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 Mate is a revered physician who specialises in neurology, psychiatry and psychology. He also has ADD himself. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, this book is a must-read for parents - and anyone interested in how experiences in infancy shape the biology and psychology of the human brain.

Summary:

- 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 this happens.

- 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 and presents a programme of how to promote this development in both children and adults.

By: Gabor Maté
Imprint: Vermilion
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781785042218
ISBN 10: 1785042211
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 22 January 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gabor Mate is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver?s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in twenty-five languages, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts- Close Encounters with Addiction, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. For his ground-breaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country?s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. To learn more, join his e-news list at www.drgabormate.com.

Reviews for Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Rare and refreshing. . . . Here you will find family stories, an accessible description of brain development and sound information. You will also find hope. * The Globe and Mail * His medical background and lucid writing style make complex biological processes accessible to non-scientific readers. * The Gazette (Montreal) * Gabor Mate's connections-between the intensely personal and the global, the spiritual and the medical, the psychological and the political-are bold, wise and deeply moral. He is a healer to be cherished and this exciting book arrives at just the right time * Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine *