Victoria L. Dunckley, MD, is an award-winning integrative psychiatrist who has appeared as a mental health expert on such media outlets as the TODAY show, NBC Nightly News, and the Investigation Discovery network. In the past ten years, her Reset Program has helped more than five hundred children, teens, and young adults who failed to respond to conventional treatment alone. She lives and practices in Los Angeles.
"Impressively researched, eye-opening, and eminently practical,
Reset Your Child's Brain is an invaluable contribution to
any parent's library. Dr. Dunckley's plan is sure to provide relief
to a great many children -- and their families."
-- Craig Malkin, PhD, instructor in psychology, Harvard Medical
School, and author of Rethinking Narcissism
"Readers will . . . feel relieved to have such a helpful
guide to teaching children that there is more to life than staring
at a screen."
-- Publishers Weekly "Dr. Victoria Dunckley has given every
child psychiatrist and pediatrician in America a wonderful gift.
This book gives us a tool to share with the parents of the millions
of children in the US who are agitated, unfocused, and out of
control. She also answers the question about why this problem has
accelerated in the last decade: it is screen-time, not a lack of
Ritalin. I completely agree with her premise and her interventions.
Thank you!"
-- Scott Shannon, MD, integrative child psychiatrist, past
president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine,
and author of Please Don't Label My Child "Many parents won't
want to hear this, but child psychiatrist Dunckley makes a
compelling case for an 'unrecognized disorder' she terms Electronic
Screen Syndrome (ESS). From kids who melt down without cause,
refuse to look people in the eye, are 'wired but tired, ' or
otherwise just hole up in their rooms all day, Dunckley's research
identifies the common thread of dysregulation owing to screen use
and orders an immediate electronic 'fast.' Showing how ESS affects
brain chemistry, arousal, sleep, and behavior, to name but a few
outcomes, the author moves into a four-week step-by-step plan to
'reset' a child's brain, resulting in better focus and
organization, improved compliance, and more mature social
interactions."
-- Library Journal "Parents will probably recoil from the
idea of taking their children's cell phones and laptops away from
them. Let them know that Dunckley acknowledges the mountain that
she is asking them to climb and, not only gives them thorough
reasons for doing it, but also a highly detailed plan for
accomplishing it."
-- Retailing Insight "This practical and easy-to-read guide
is a much-needed wake-up call for this digital age. Buy Reset Your
Child's Brain for your family, your school, and your local
library."
-- Kerry Crofton, PhD, cofounder and executive director of
Doctors for Safer Schools and author of A Wellness Guide for the
Digital Age "This book looks at how electronic media use can affect
the central nervous system long after the offending device has
actually been used -- an effect similar to that of drug addiction.
It presents new studies that show how, as with drug use,
functioning may not be impaired immediately, and in some cases it
may even improve initially but then becomes worse. Finally, Dr.
Dunckley outlines issues in diagnosis, in assessment, and most
important, in treatment for battling and resetting the brain to
overcome the rapidly emergent condition of Electronic Screen
Syndrome."
-- Dr. Kimberly S. Young, founder and director of the Center for
Internet Addiction and NetAddiction.com "One of the problems
worldwide that relates to this book is sleep deprivation. This has
many consequences and -- to put it bluntly -- makes the
sleep-deprived person fat, lazy, stupid, and depressed! The more
that books like this expose the problem, the sooner we will be
moving to a higher and more secure state of well-being!"
-- John J. Ratey, MD, clinical associate professor of
psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of Spark
"Victoria Dunckley makes a convincing case that parents should be
very concerned about their children's constant exposure to
electronic screen-based entertainment. Citing medical research as
well as her work with hundreds of patients, Dr. Dunckley explains
how electronic media overwhelm children's nervous systems and
impair their physical and mental functioning. Families who follow
her practical approach to discontinuing electronic screen-time will
see dramatic improvement in their children's health and
behavior."
-- Jessica Solodar, award-winning medical journalist and former
medical writer for Massachusetts General Hospital Department of
Psychiatry and the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
"Parents are constantly asking, 'What are the effects of screen use
on my kids, how much is too much, and how can I regulate the use of
screens by my kids?' Finally, thanks to Dr. Dunckley's Reset
Program, parents have the answers and the tools to work on a
solution!"
-- Ann Corwin, PhD, MEd, parenting education consultant,
TheParentingDoctor.com
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