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All About Attention Deficit Disorder

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My husband and I both found Dr. Phelan's book to be a thorough discussion of ADD/ADHD from diagnosis to treatment. Dr. Phelan writes in simple English without complicated medical terms and with a sense of humor. This book is easily read in a short time.

This book is great!It offered me all kinds of ways to deal with AD/HD.As a 14 year old ADHD female I would recomend this book to anyone who has AD/HD or knows someone who has it.It offers great advice on diagnosising,treating and understanding ADD.E-mail me about any ?'s about ADD or the book

The problem with books like this is: many readers feel that by having ingested the information, they've become experts, and feel duty-bound to begin diagnosing friends, relatives, co-workers.... (Nurses and teachers are particularly guilty of this pompous and assumptive behavior.) It's my opinion that the self-tests, lists of possible symptoms, etc. included in this book were intended by the author to underscore POSSIBILITIES, not absolutes. It's extremely dangerous to think that just because you've read this book (or one like it) you have what it takes to diagnose ADD and/or ADHD. It is your duty to ask yourself if the person who has read this book has been trained to make such a diagnosis. Is s/he a specialist in the field? Has s/he been educated to recognize the true signs and symptoms of the disorder? If not, get thee to a REAL doctor, quickly! Just because these so-called self-important 'professionals' have 'nurse' or 'teacher' associated with their names does not make them experts in all things medical. (A know-it-all is still just a know-it-all, no matter what 'title' we've given them.) On behalf of this author and others like him, I strongly urge readers NOT to accept the cock-eyed advice of a wanna-be professional who may read this book.