Driven to Distraction - Softcover

Hallowell, Ned; Ratey, Dr. John J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679421777 ISBN 13: 9780679421771

Publisher: Pantheon Books Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Two physicians discuss the signs and symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), an inborn neurological problem, the causes of ADD, and effective treatments and therapies to overcome its damaging impact. 12,500 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

"The New York Times Book Review"A very readable, highly informative and helpful book. Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, author of "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing"A wonderfully readable and, most important, practical and useful book on ADD. Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.author of "Endangered Lives"This is an important and much-needed book! Wise, practical, and reassuring....A must-read for anyone who knows, treats, or is an "underachiever" -- in school or in life. Priscilla L. Vailauthor of "Smart Kids with School Problems"The highest order of helping and healing glows through this book. Informative, compassionate, practical, and -- yes -- funny, it draws the reader in as it throws confusion out. Peter D. Kramer, M.D.author of "Listening to Prozac"Conversational in tone, encyclopedic in content, and, best of all, utterly convincing because of its grounding in clinical experience, "Driven to Distraction" should make Attention Deficit Disorder comprehensible even to the most distractible reader. Sandra Freed Thomas, R.N.former president of CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)This rich resource has it all -- education, family perspectives, diagnosis and treatment, subtypes -- but throughout there is a joyful and pervading sense of hope. One cannot read this book without developing a great sense of how it feels to live with ADD -- to compensate for, even to benefit from, its characteristics. "The New York Times Book Review" A very readable, highly informative and helpful book. Priscilla L. Vail author of "Smart Kids with School Problems" The highest order of helping and healing glows through this book. Informative, compassionate, practical, and -- yes -- funny, it draws the reader in as it throws confusion out. Jane M. Healy, Ph.D. author of "Endangered Lives" This is an important and much-needed book! Wise, practical, and reassuring....A must-read for anyone who knows, treats, or is an "underachiever" -- in school or in life. Judith L. Rapoport, M.D. Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, author of "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing" A wonderfully readable and, most important, practical and useful book on ADD. Peter D. Kramer, M.D. author of "Listening to Prozac" Conversational in tone, encyclopedic in content, and, best of all, utterly convincing because of its grounding in clinical experience, "Driven to Distraction" should make Attention Deficit Disorder comprehensible even to the most distractible reader. Sandra Freed Thomas, R.N. former president of CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder) This rich resource has it all -- education, family perspectives, diagnosis and treatment, subtypes -- but throughout there is a joyful and pervading sense of hope. One cannot read this book without developing a great sense of how it feels to live with ADD -- to compensate for, even to benefit from, its characteristics. Sandra Freed Thomas, R.N.former president of CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder) This rich resource has it all -- education, family perspectives, diagnosis and treatment, subtypes -- but throughout there is a joyful and pervading sense of hope. One cannot read this book without developing a great sense of how it feels to live with ADD -- to compensate for, even to benefit from, its characteristics. Peter D. Kramer, M.D.author of "Listening to Prozac" Conversational in tone, encyclopedic in content, and, best of all, utterly convincing because of its grounding in clinical experience, "Driven to Distraction" should make Attention Deficit Disorder comprehensible even to the most distractible reader. Priscilla L. Vailauthor of "Smart Kids with School Problems" The highest order of helping and healing glows through this book. Informative, compassionate, practical, and -- yes -- funny, it draws the reader in as it throws confusion out. Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.author of "Endangered Lives" This is an important and much-needed book! Wise, practical, and reassuring....A must-read for anyone who knows, treats, or is an "underachiever" -- in school or in life. Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, author of "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing" A wonderfully readable and, most important, practical and useful book on ADD. "The New York Times Book Review"A very readable, highly informative and helpful book.

About the Author:

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., is in private practice in adult and child psychiatry. He lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, and children, Lucy and Jack.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679421777
• ISBN 13: 9780679421771
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 319