Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder [Import] [Paperback]

Gabor Mate (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Vintage Canada; First Printing edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0676972594
• ISBN-13: 978-0676972597
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,202,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gabor Maté, MD, is a physician, author, seminar leader, and acclaimed public speaker. His bestselling books include Scattered, When the Body Says No, and Hold onto Your Kids. A former medical columnist for The Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail, he lives in Vancouver, BC.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Both spellbinding and informative, May 7, 2007

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J. Yeung (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

Being both a doctor and having ADHD I found this book both informative and insightful. The concepts of both nature and nurture are seemlessly interwoven to provide an excellent perspective on causality as well as direction for treatment.

Having a past personal interest in child psychology lent me familiarity to many of the concepts the author brought forth in his book. If his ideas seem 'cooked up' you are mistaken. The author is quoting cornerstone teachings of well known developmental psychologists.

One must realize that research into ADHD is still evolving. Whether or not causality can be determined in each specific case, it does not detract from the author's direction in treatment (whether through family therapy, psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy). More specifically, ADHD may in fact arise in 'functional families' but the requirement for ongoing support/'unconditional positive regard' remains pivotal.

But one should realize this is not a 'How to Book' nor a brief synopsis. With all that aside...... an eloquent book which made me laugh, cry and take heart.

Important to note: 'Scattered' and 'Scattered Minds' are both the same book just published in US vs Canada

5.0 out of 5 stars ADHD and addiction EXPOSED, June 12, 2011

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JRup (KRV CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

At last some real insight into addiction and ADD/ADHD! Doctor Mate is spot-on in his
observations and remedies, which do not include widespread and expensive pharmacology.
Rather, he cites stress, especially pre-natal and infant for the widespread handicaps
of our children. Mothers (and fathers) who must rush back to work leave children without
nurture necessary to complete brain development, a serious problem in America.
Children are left to learn from TV and other children. ADHD is not a disease, Mate stresses.
It is a mental (and physical) handicap which once was (and still is in European and
primitive cultures where 'work' is not a precondition for survival) overcome by
'learned behavior'/socializing/bonding within the family.

This book, and Dr. Mate's newer work, "Realm of Hungry Ghosts", is required reading/
discussion for anyone contemplating creating a family. Mate's own childhood as a
concentration camp survivor, and a career treating drug addicts, as well as the many
scientific studies he cites, make him a clarion voice in this 'medical' crisis.

Dr. Mate is a fine writer for laymen and an outstanding speaker. Well done, Doc! Highly
recommended.