Driven to distraction
Subtitle: recognizing and coping with attention deficit disorder from childhood through adulthood
By: Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey
Contributors: Ratey, John J., 1948-
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780307743169
Subjects: Attention-deficit disorder in adults; Popular works; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Trouble déficitaire de l'attention chez l'adulte; Ouvrages de vulgarisation; Trouble déficitaire de l'attention; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; General; MEDICAL; Clinical Medicine; Evidence-Based Medicine; Internal Medicine
Description: Discusses the causes, symptoms, and treatment of attention-deficit disorder (ADD).
Table of contents: title: What is Attention Deficit Disorder?; title: "I sang in my chains like the sea" : the child with ADD; title: "Sequence ravelled out of sound" : adult ADD; title: Living and loving with ADD : ADD in couples; title: The big struggle : ADD and the family; title: Parts of the elephant : subtypes of ADD; title: How do I know if I have it? : the steps toward diagnosis; title: What can you do about it? : the treatment of ADD; title: A local habitation and a name : the biology of ADD; title: Appendix : where to find help.