Name: Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)
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Author: Thomas E. Brown
ISBN: 9780300119893

portada Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Yale University Press

Author

Thomas E. Brown

Year

2006

Language

English

Pages

360

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0300119895

ISBN13

9780300119893

Synopsis "Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)"

A leading expert in the assessment and treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder dispels myths and offers reassuring, practical information about treatments. Drawing on recent findings in neuroscience and a rich variety of case studies from his own clinical practive, Dr. Thomas E. Brown describes what ADD syndrome is, how it can be recognized at different ages, and how it can best be treated. This is the first book to address the perplexing question about ADD: how can individuals, some very bright, be chronically unable to "pay attention," yet be able to focus very well on specific tasks that strongly interest them? Dr. Brown disputes the "willpower" explanation and explains how inherited malfunctions of the brain's management system prevent some people from being able to deal adequately with challenging tasks of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. His book is an authoritative and practical guide for physicians and psychologists, parents and teachers, and the 7 to 9 percent of persons who suffer from ADD/ADHD.