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Scattered Minds
  • Published: 22 January 2019
  • ISBN: 9781785042218
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00

Scattered Minds

The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

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22 Jan 2019
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3 Jan 2019
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Bestselling author and clinician Gabor Maté proposes a radical new theory on the ADD epidemic

FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTELLING AUHTOR OF WHEN THE BODY SAYS NO

The groundbreaking guide to Attention Deficit Disorder, challenging conventional myths around ADHD and providing practical guidance for children and adults.

‘A healer to be cherished and this exciting book arrives at just the right time’ Naomi Klein, bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine

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Struggling with focus, impulsivity, or emotional overwhelm?
Looking to better understand ADHD in yourself or your child?

In his empowering and accessible bestseller, celebrated clinician Dr Gabor Maté seeks to dispel the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.

Drawing on decades of experience in psychology, neurology and child development – as well as his own lived experience with ADHD - Dr Maté offers a compassionate and insightful approach to understanding attention difficulties.

In Scattered Minds, you’ll discover:

  • A new understanding of ADHD and neurological development in both children and adults
  • Why challenges with focus, impulsivity and emotional regulation develop
  • How early experiences can shape the developing brain
  • Practical insights to help parents better understand and support their children
  • Tools for adults with ADHD to make sense of their behaviours and emotions

Blending science, compassionate insight and real-life examples, Scattered Minds is an essential read for parents of children with ADHD, or for adults navigating neurodiversity and attention difficulties.

  • Published: 22 January 2019
  • ISBN: 9781785042218
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00
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About the author

Gabor Mate

Gabor Maté is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative-care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in twenty-five languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. For his ground-breaking medical work and writing, he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. To learn more, join his e-news list at www.drgabormate.com.
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Praise for Scattered Minds

Gabor Maté’s connections—between the intensely personal and the global, the spiritual and the medical, the psychological and the political—are bold, wise and deeply moral. He is a healer to be cherished and this exciting book arrives at just the right time

Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine

His medical background and lucid writing style make complex biological processes accessible to non-scientific readers.

The Gazette (Montreal)

Rare and refreshing. . . . Here you will find family stories, an accessible description of brain development and sound information. You will also find hope.

The Globe and Mail