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Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder...
by Hallowell, Edward M.; Hallowell | PB | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 0684801280
- Book Title
- Driven to Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Psychology
- Topic
- General, Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (Add-Adhd)
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
0684801280
ISBN-13
9780684801285
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111961359
Product Key Features
Book Title
Driven to Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
General, Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (Add-Adhd)
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
94-040712
Reviews
Priscilla L. Vailauthor ofSmart Kids with School ProblemsThe highest order of helping and healing glows through this book. Informative, compassionate, practical, and -- yes -- funny, it draws the reader in as it throws confusion out., Judith L. Rapoport, M.D. Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, author of The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing A wonderfully readable and, most important, practical and useful book on ADD., Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, author of The Boy Who Couldn't Stop WashingA wonderfully readable and, most important, practical and useful book on ADD., Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.author ofEndangered LivesThis is an important and much-needed book! Wise, practical, and reassuring....A must-read for anyone who knows, treats, or is an "underachiever" -- in school or in life., Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, author ofThe Boy Who Couldn't Stop WashingA wonderfully readable and, most important, practical and useful book on ADD., Peter D. Kramer, M.D. author of Listening to Prozac Conversational in tone, encyclopedic in content, and, best of all, utterly convincing because of its grounding in clinical experience, Driven to Distraction should make Attention Deficit Disorder comprehensible even to the most distractible reader., Peter D. Kramer, M.D.author ofListening to ProzacConversational in tone, encyclopedic in content, and, best of all, utterly convincing because of its grounding in clinical experience,Driven to Distractionshould make Attention Deficit Disorder comprehensible even to the most distractible reader., Priscilla L. Vail author of Smart Kids with School Problems The highest order of helping and healing glows through this book. Informative, compassionate, practical, and -- yes -- funny, it draws the reader in as it throws confusion out., Sandra Freed Thomas, R.N.former president of CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)This rich resource has it all -- education, family perspectives, diagnosis and treatment, subtypes -- but throughout there is a joyful and pervading sense of hope. One cannot read this book without developing a great sense of how it feels to live with ADD -- to compensate for, even to benefit from, its characteristics., Jane M. Healy, Ph.D. author of Endangered Lives This is an important and much-needed book! Wise, practical, and reassuring....A must-read for anyone who knows, treats, or is an "underachiever" -- in school or in life.
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
616.85/89
Table Of Content
CONTENTS PREFACEA Personal PerspectiveWhat Is Attention Deficit Disorder?"I Sang in My Chains Like the Sea"THE CHILD WITH ADD"Sequence Ravelled Out of Sound"ADULT ADDLiving and Loving with ADDADD IN COUPLESThe Big StruggleADD AND THE FAMILYParts of the ElephantSUBTYPES OF ADDHow Do I Know if I Have It?THE STEPS TOWARD DIAGNOSISWhat Can You Do About It?THE TREATMENT OF ADDA Local Habitation and a NameTHE BIOLOGY OF ADDACKNOWLEDGMENTSAPPENDIXWhere to Find HelpINDEX
Edition Description
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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.
LC Classification Number
RC394.A85H35 1995
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