Scattered Minds The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder Scattered Minds (U.S. Title: Scattered) Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder – published in the U.S. as Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates And What You Can Do About It – is written from the inside by a doctor who himself has Attention Deficit Disorder. It offers a completely new perspective on ADD and a new approach to helping children and adults living with the problems Attention Deficit Disorder presents.Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible impairment, a developmental delayExplains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy—and whyShows how “tuning out” and distractibility are the psychological products of life experience, from in utero onwardsAllows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviorsExpresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthoodPresents a program of how to promote this development in children and adults alike Purchase The Book On-line Canadian Edition U.S. Edition UK Edition Audiobook