Scattered Minds
The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
Author: Dr. Gabor Maté
Scattered Minds delves into the roots and treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder from a unique perspective – that of a doctor with ADD. This groundbreaking work offers fresh insights into ADD and provides a new approach to addressing the challenges it presents for children and adults.
The book dispels the notion that ADD is an inherited disease, positing that it is a reversible impairment caused by a developmental delay. It explains how circuits in the brain responsible for emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy and why this happens. It also explores how psychological factors from in utero onwards, such as "tuning out" and distractibility, contribute to the symptoms of ADD.
Scattered Minds enables parents to understand the inner workings of their children with ADD while providing adults with the disorder insights into their emotions and behaviours. The book expresses hope for neurological development, even in adulthood, and outlines a program to promote this development in children and adults.
Overall, Scattered Minds provides a fresh and optimistic outlook on ADD and offers practical strategies for managing it.
