Attention Deficit Disorder

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Attention Deficit Disorder

The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults

Family and health

Author: Thomas Brown

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Collection: Yale University Press Health & Wellness

Language: English

Published by: Yale University Press

Published on: 1st October 2008

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 384 pages

ISBN: 9780300127881


Expertise and Approach

A leading expert in the assessment and treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder dispels myths and offers reassuring, practical information about treatments. Drawing on recent findings in neuroscience and a rich variety of case studies from his own clinical practive, Dr. Thomas E. Brown describes what ADD syndrome is, how it can be recognized at different ages, and how it can best be treated.

Understanding ADD

This is the first book to address the perplexing question about ADD: how can individuals, some very bright, be chronically unable to pay attention, yet be able to focus very well on specific tasks that strongly interest them? Dr. Brown disputes the willpower explanation and explains how inherited malfunctions of the brain's management system prevent some people from being able to deal adequately with challenging tasks of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

Target Audience

His book is an authoritative and practical guide for physicians and psychologists, parents and teachers, and the 7 to 9 percent of persons who suffer from ADD/ADHD.

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