Scattered

By Gabor Maté

Subjects: Aspect de l'environnement, Biography, Aspect psychologique, Patients, Adults (people), Trouble déficitaire de l'attention, Hyperactivité, Adulthood, Nonfiction, Attention-deficit disordered adults, Environmental aspects of Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Adultes, Psychological aspects, Environmental aspects, Attention-deficit disorder in adults, Psychological aspects of Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Adult, Mental health, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Psychology

Description: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) has quickly become a controversial topic in recent years. Whereas other books on the subject describe the condition as inherited, Dr. Gabor Mate believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause of and cure for this condition. In Scattered, he describes the painful realities of ADD and its effect on children as well as on career and social paths in adults. While acknowledging that genetics may indeed play a part in predisposing a person toward ADD, Dr. Mate moves beyond that to focus on the things we can control: changes in environment, family dynamics, and parenting choices. He draws heavily on his own experience with the disorder, as both an ADD sufferer and the parent of three diagnosed children. Providing a thorough overview of ADD and its treatments, Scattered is essential and life-changing reading for the millions of ADD sufferers in North America today.