Driven to distraction : recognizing and coping with attention deficit disorder from childhood through adulthood

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Driven to distraction : recognizing and coping with attention deficit disorder from childhood through adulthood / Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey.

Hallowell, Edward M., (author.). Ratey, John J., 1948- (Added Author).

Summary:

Overview: Groundbreaking and comprehensive, Driven to Distraction has been a lifeline to the approximately eighteen million Americans who are thought to have ADHD. Now the bestselling book is revised and updated with current medical information for a new generation searching for answers. Through vivid stories and case histories of patients-both adults and children-Hallowell and Ratey explore the varied forms ADHD takes, from hyperactivity to daydreaming. They dispel common myths, offer helpful coping tools, and give a thorough accounting of all treatment options as well as tips for dealing with a diagnosed child, partner, or family member. But most importantly, they focus on the positives that can come with this "disorder"--Including high energy, intuitiveness, creativity, and enthusiasm

Record details

ISBN: 9780307743152
ISBN: 0307743152
Physical Description: xviii, 382 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: 1st Anchor books ed., rev. and updated.
Publisher: New York, NY : Anchor Books, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Pantheon Books ... in 1994, and subsequently published in paperback by Touchstone ... in 1995"--Title page verso
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction to the Anchor edition / Edward M Hallowell -- What is Attention Deficit Disorder? -- I sang in my chains like the sea: the child with ADD -- Sequence ravelled out of sound: adult ADD -- Living and loving with ADD: ADD in couples -- Big struggle: ADD and the family -- Parts of the elephant: subtypes of ADD -- How do I know if I have it?: the steps toward diagnosis -- What can you do about it?: the treatment of ADD -- Local habitation and a name: the biology of ADD -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Where to find help -- Index.