Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD

well organised, this book explains about add, symptoms, and responses to the symptoms. the first step for someone who seek answers.

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This is the best book on the market for ADD and why it's not a bestseller I have no clue. However, I learned little from it and the book could overwhelm the wrong ADD environment audience. It's not to hard to understand but it's a ton to absorb at once.And other then meds he doesn't recommend much other advice in this book on how to help one with ADD. But, Meds likely and often are the best ways. And he could go into more the complexities of differnt degrees within types of ADD but he doesn't much if at all. He also could put more on people with combined ADD types, /stuff to do when you have multiple issues like ADD and Dyslexia or ADD and Aspergers. And besides seperating different types and brain photos this ADD book is basic and I wish he wrote one for more advanced readers who already knew alot about it. For he seems to be the only one qualified as the leading guy in this feild. However, 2 of his books the other is the relationships one (Not as good)are my only ADD books and if you know me yet that must make it good cause I'm the pickiest. I have had diagnosed ADD without his help for a long time but, I live near NYC.! The fact that it comes in different formats helps discover it's worth to!

ADD is a complex problem. This book is so insightful as to the different forms and how they can manifest themselves. I was happy to read Amen's suggestions too. It was important to realize that some medications aggrevate certain types of ADD. I have recently started neuro feedback as a solution to my ADD. I wouldnt have gone this route or understood it without reading this book. I am an educator as well as a 49 year old woman just diagnosed with ADD. Wendy Campbell

Healing ADD is a very readable presentation of the scientific evidence for Attention Deficit Disorders. It contains effective treatment recommendations, based on real world clinical experience. Insightful case histories accompany SPECT brain scans of actual patients, illuminating the physical reality of the disorders and the impact of various pharmaceutical, nutritional, psychotherapy and herbal treatments.
More than any other book discussing Attention Deficit Disorders, Healing ADD, presents the cross-cultural, genetic, scientific, biologic, electroencephalographic and neuroimaging evidence that Attention Deficit Disorders are a physical, neurochemical, scientifically observable reality. Dr. Amen deserves to be commended for the courage to tell the truth that psychostimulant medications are safe and much less risky, than allowing Attention Deficit Disorders to remain unmedicated. Amen also discusses complementary treatments for attention deficits, including amino acids, fish oils, vitamins, biofeedback, behavioral therapy, and affirmations. He makes astute observations of the dysfunctional family and classroom dynamics and the "games, " which Attention Deficit Disorder sufferers play, to cope with their neurochemical reality.

I have heard Dr. Amen speak and he is very dynamic, knowledgeable, informative, insightful and humorous. Some of our patients, at Florida Detox, have had SPECT brain scans, at Amen Clinics. The scans were very revealing and correlated well with neurotransmitter profiles and clinical response to treatment. Dr. Amen is a pioneer, who is leading psychiatry into the 21st century.

Contrary to some reviews posted here, Dr. Amen has published findings, in peer reviewed scientific journals, including: Amen, DG, Paldi, JH, Thisted, R Evaluating ADHD with Brain SPECT Imaging J of Child and Adol Psychiatry 32:1080-1081, 1993. Dr. Amen is also a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Attention Deficit Disorders have been validated by published research in prestigious journals, including Lancet, Dougherty D., et. al. Dopamine transporter density in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Lancet 1999 Dec 18-25;354(9196):2132-3 and the Journal of the American Medical Association, Castellanos, X., et. al., Developmental Trajectories of Brain Volume Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder JAMA. 2002;288:1740-1748.

The scientific debate concerning the existence of Attention Deficit Disorders has ended. Dogmatic debates continue to deprive many people with Attention Deficit Disorders of an opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Steven Sponaugle, Research Director, Florida Detox
Marvin (Rick) Sponaugle, MD, Medical Director, Florida Detox