📚 Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté

Physician Gabor Maté, who has ADHD himself, takes a fresh look at attention deficit disorder in this book. He questions the idea that it is mainly genetic, and he offers hope and advice for children and adults who live with it.

Key Themes

• Attention deficit disorder seen as a developmental delay, not an inherited disease
• Roots that reach back to infancy
• The part played by environment and family dynamics
• Parenting choices that are within our control

Sissoo recommends this because it looks at attention difficulties through early life, relationships and surroundings, not genes alone. That whole-person view sits close to how we think about holistic wellbeing.

If the book's ideas about family and early life speak to you, you could explore Speaking & Listening Therapies on Sissoo, such as Psychotherapy or Systemic Family Therapy.

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