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A family physician and sufferer of Attention Deficit Disorder explodes the conventional wisdom that A.D.D. is a genetically based disorder, declaring instead that it is a response to environmental conditions that fail to provide emotional or physical security. 15,000 first printing.
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Gabor Mate, M.D., is a physician with a thriving family practice in Vancouver, British Columbia. He currently writes on medical issues for The Vancouver Sun, and has published numerous articles of political and medical commentary in other publications. He has been interviewed extensively--on ADD and other issues--for CBC television and radio.
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In one of the most comprehensive and accessible books about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Mat?, a Canadian physician and popular medical columnist, challenges many accepted notions about the condition, which afflicts more than three million children and a significant number of adults. An ADD sufferer himself, and the father of three children battling the disorder, Mat? discusses its origins and development, drawing on four years of study, research and patient interviews. Since its discovery in North America in 1902, ADD has been characterized by a poor ability to focus, deficient control of impulses and hyperactivity. Taking a maverick stance, Mat? doesn't believe it is purely a genetic condition, but rather one with a physiological component linked to culture and environment. He contends that it can stem from a variety of ordinary sourcesAfrom stress to marital woes, from school and peer pressures to substance abuseAcausing serious problems in academic achievement, employment and relationships. In chapters that include his patients' commentaries on the impact of ADD on their lives, Mat? discusses its symptoms, ADD in the classroom and effective ways parents can handle and treat the unruly behavior of children with the disorder. In the closing pages of this well-documented but sure-to-be-controversial book, he effectively hammers home his suspicions about the possible over-prescription of Ritalin and other drugs to control rather than heal children, and proposes that, in some cases, emotional support, patience and love can be more powerful remedies than chemicals.
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- PublisherDutton Adult
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0525944125
- ISBN 13 9780525944126
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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