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Taking Charge Of Adult ADHD (2010)

by Russell A. Barkley(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1606233386 (ISBN13: 9781606233382)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

The Guilford Press

review 1: This book is a good example of lying with statistics. The author ignores the known obvious causes of ADHD and comes up with unproven claims that ADHD is caused by brain development problems or general chemical unbalances. At the same time he's a big fan of diagnosing ADHD with the "evaluation process", but he fails to mention that these questionnaires claim over 85% of people have ADHD. So by his logic over 85% of people have a chemical imbalance or an underdeveloped brain. He doesn't put these facts together of course. The author mentions nothing of the fact that creating a diagnosis for ADHD was put forth by the marketing department of Eli Lilly. He glosses over the addictive nature of amphetamines and the risk of heart damage these drugs cause. The clear point to... more this book is to sell drugs, and to do so by creating a storyline for ADHD that isn't backed up by the facts.
review 2: Very insightful for me, an adult with ADHD. I just wish he didn't push being medicated as such a strong course of action. I also don't agree with the theory that it's caused by an underdevelopment in the brain, a chemical imbalance, while it might be considered an underdevelopment, is much more comforting. Otherwise it answered several questions and life experiences that had been left a mystery, for me, for years. For example: ADHD is a form of blindness...time blindness. less

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