<p>Scattered Minds</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Gabor Maté 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.</p>
<p>Scattered Minds:</p>
<p>- Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible impairment and developmental delay</p>
<p>- Explains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy – and why</p>
<p>- Shows how ‘distractibility’ is the psychological product of life experience</p>
<p>- Allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviours</p>
<p>- Expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood</p>
<p>- Presents a programme of how to promote this development in both children and adults</p>
