Table of Contents

Preface
 
1. You Mean There’s Actually a Name for It?
Toward a Definition of ADD
 
2. To Be Here, and There, and Everywhere
ADD in Children
■ PARENTS’ QUESTIONS
■ YOUNG CHILDREN’S QUESTIONS
■ ADOLESCENTS’ QUESTIONS
 
3. Making or Breaking the Spirit of the Child
Teachers and ADD
 
4. The Pleasures (and Pains) of Sudden Wonder
ADD in Adults
 
5. Work Smarter, Not Just Harder
ADD and Work
 
6. Perchance to Dream
ADD in Women
 
7. Making Up Your Mind
New Tips on the Nonmedication Treatment of Adult ADD
 
8. You Are My Sunshine
ADD in Couples
 
9. Taming the Big Struggle
ADD and the Family
 
10. The Unfinished Symphony
ADD and Creativity
 
11. Fact or Fad?
The Diagnosis of ADD
 
12. The Brain’s Behind It
The Biology of ADD
 
13. Whence It Came
The Genetic Basis of ADD
 
14. What’s in a Pill?
Treating ADD with Medication
 
15. A Wretched Excess
ADD and Addiction
 
16. The Gemlike Flame
Aggression and Anger in ADD
 
17. The Doctors’ Dilemmas
Questions from Health Professionals on the Treatment of ADD
 
18. New Questions and Answers
■ BY EDWARD M. HALLOWELL, M.D.
■ BY JOHN J. RATEY, M.D.
 
APPENDIXES
I. Fifty Tips on the Management of Adult ADD
II. Twenty-Five Tips on the Management of ADD in Families
III. Twenty-Five Tips on the Management of ADD in Couples
IV. Where To Go for Help

About the Author

EDWARD M. HALLOWELL, M.D., was an instructor at Harvard Medical School for twenty years and is now the director of the Hallowell Centers in Seattle, San Francisco, New York City, and the Boston area. He is the co-author of Driven to Distraction, Delivered from Distraction, and Answers to Distraction, as well as the author of CrazyBusy, The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, and Worry, among other titles. He also hosts a weekly podcast called Distraction that offers practical solutions on how to focus and regain control in today’s digital world.

JOHN J. RATEY, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is in private practice. He lives in the Boston area.