Really Good Book

[mablisaki]

Hi Guys
I have had this book for a few years now, but-well hi I have ADD like I have to explain why I haven't read it yet. Anyways, I picked it up last night and was reading some of it and found it really enlightening. So much of what I feel is in it, it really has helped me a lot.
I think it is okay to endorse self-help type books on here isn't it? Anyways, it is called "Scattered Minds" by Gabor Mate, it talks a lot about adult ADD, and all of the psychological components of it.

[franti]

I read a synopsis online about this book, (Called Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates And What you Can Do About It, in paperback in the United States right now on bookshelves... it's called Scattered Minds in Canada evidently)

[gill]

There are some parts of the book I am still a little iffy on, in the sense that I don't know if I totally agree with what he is saying. He talks a lot about the relationship between the parent and child, and the development of the child through what the parent does and doesn't do. Those areas I am a little critical of, because I don't really believe that they have as much impact on AD/HD as biology does.
I think it is interesting to look at AD/HD in our society. I wonder what the numbers are like for kids with AD/HD in the non-western world? Probably much lower. Our life styles cater to AD/HD..yet so many AD/HDers don't work well in the western style of doing things.
I don't think that you could have caused your children to have AD/HD through certain parenting skills, or lack of skills. I really think AD/HD is more about biology, and I think it is increasing in our society probably due to environmental toxins, lack of nutrition and so on.