Healing the Hyperactive Brain : Through the New Science of Functional Medicine
Notes from the author of "Healing the Hyperactive  Brain":"Healing the Hyperactive Brain: Through the New Science of Functional  Medicine" is a book that I have written in response to the desperate  cries of so many parents who want to help their children without  resorting to Ritalin or other worrisome drugs. This book is intended  to provide guidance to parents and adult ADHD sufferers, enabling them  to become knowledgeable and proactive in the management of this  troublesome condition.An ever-growing number of parents, teachers and healthcare  professionals are demanding safer and better answers for this  disturbing and potentially destructive condition. "Healing the  Hyperactive Brain" was written to address this need. It is based on my  work as a medical researcher and medical educator in the field of ADHD  as well as the work of forward thinking researchers and clinicians  from around the world. Additionally, this book is biographical as I  describe the methods I have used to uncover the causes of ADHD in my  own life and my son's life and how I have managed to turn this  condition into an important asset in our lives."Healing the Hyperactive Brain" is the most comprehensive book ever  written about the many factors contributing to attention deficit  hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is also an organized and  authoritative presentation of the effective, drug-free approach, which  is now being taught to healthcare professionals around the world. This  approach to managing ADHD:Carries no risk of doing harm and is free of unpleasant side effects.Improves ADHD symptoms as well as the person's overall function and  quality of life.Helps to correct the underlying causes of the disorder rather than  just suppressing symptoms.Improves the long-term prognosis for the individual with ADHD.This book is easily understood by the layperson and yet it is  comprehensive enough that physicians wishing to explore science-based,  drug-free alternatives will find it to be a valuable resource.In the first section:The neurology underlying ADHD is explained in a simple and practical  manner, helping the reader to understand how the ADHD affected brain  is "wired".In the second section:Risk factors that set the stage for the development of ADHD are  examined (genetic, nutritional, toxicological and psychological).In section three:Breakthrough scientific findings from our research center and from  other centers around the world are presented to demonstrate the many  correctable physiological problems that have been found to occur in  those with ADHD, and how these physiological problems can affect the  brain.The fourth section:Describes in understandable terms advanced methods for evaluating the  individual with ADHD in order to clarify the various social,  psychological, toxicological and physiological problems that have led  to their specific problems.Section five:Includes ten chapters that describe in detail a strategy for treating  ADHD, which is comprehensive, drug-free and highly effective.Finally, section six:Is a concise summary of the principles outlined in the book but  written in a more technical style so that a healthcare professional  can gain an understanding of the basic elements of this program in  less than one hour. The intent of this last section is so that people  can lend this book to their doctor who can quickly become competent to  work with them in this drug-free approach to treating ADHD.