Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood

Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey

ISBN 10: 0684801280 / ISBN 13: 9780684801285

Published by Touchstone Simon and Schuster, New York, 1998

About this Item

trade paperback 321 pp. The last pages for the index have been folded over. Were it not for those flaws, the book would have been graded in as new condition. From the back cover: ?Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes ? from the hyperactive search for high stimulation to the floating inattention of daydreaming ? and the transforming impact of precise diagnosis and treatment.?.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood
• Publisher: Touchstone Simon and Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684801280
• ISBN 13: 9780684801285
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes -- from the hyperactive search for high stimulation to the floating inattention of daydreaming -- and the transforming impact of precise diagnosis and treatment.

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.