Scattered Minds - Dr Gabor Mate

Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based - and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Mate is a revered physician who specializes in neurology psychiatry and psychology - and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research Scattered Minds is a must-read for parents - and for anyone interested how experiences in infancy shape the biology and psychology of the human brain. Scattered Minds: - Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness but a reversible impairment and developmental delay - Explains that in ADD circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy - and why - Shows how `distractibility' is the psychological product of life experience - Allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviours - Expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood - Presents a programme of how to promote this development in both children and adults

TITLE: Scattered Minds

AUTHOR: Dr Gabor Mate

SKU: 9781785042218

PUBLISHER: Ebury Publishing

DATE PUBLISHED: 03/01/2019

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 368

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 126 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm

WEIGHT: 250 gr