Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Scattered Minds explodes the myth of Attention Deficit Disorder (now known as ADHD) as genetically based – and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.

Scattered Minds demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible impairment and developmental delay. It explains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy and shows how ‘distractability’ is the psychological product of life experience. It allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviours.

Most importantly, Scattered Minds expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood and presents a narrative of healing that leaves the adult-ADHD reader feeling seen and validated.

Author: Maté, Gabor

Release Date: 03-01-2019

Languages: English