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Beyond ADHD : overcoming the label and thriving / Jeff Emmerson and Robert Yehling.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xv, 264 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442275102
  • 1442275103
Other title:
  • Beyond attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Subject(s):
Contents:
A new doctor's office -- Peeking behind the ADHD curtain -- Optimal health, interrupted : decoding ADHD (part one) -- Optimal health, interrupted : decoding ADHD (part two) -- So easy to diagnose, so tricky to understand -- Why personal history matters in diagnosing -- The larger problem of misdiagnosis -- Prescribing in an open ocean -- What we're up against -- The ADHD buy-in -- What about our boys? -- What is it with my brain? -- Exploring the deeper causes -- New ways of working with ADHD -- Toward collaborative diagnosing and care -- Problem child or gifted child -- Nutrition's necessary place -- Shaking off the label -- The world beyond ADHD.
Summary: "Emmerson advocates for a different approach to ADHD, arguing that it should be a diagnosis of exclusion rather than the other way around. He urges that we must look past that label, recognizing that individual symptoms vary and treatment plans should be better tailored to the individual. He examines mental and behavioral issues from all sides, including the possibility that nurturing -rather than trying to alter or suppress- the active '360-degree' mind is a viable way for those diagnosed with ADHD to realize their gifts and lead purposeful lives"--Inside dust jacket.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 618.9285 E54 Available 33111008827863
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Beyond ADHD weaves Emmerson's personal story of his ADHD diagnosis, exploring along the way the latest medical, scientific and societal explanations and tools for managing and living with the condition. Including interviews with a number of experts at the forefront of next-generation ADHD diagnostics and treatment, he questions the cookie-cutter way ADHD is commonly diagnosed and treated. Suggesting that the list of symptoms often used to identify ADHD can be attributed to many other disorders and conditions, he explores how and why ADHD diagnoses have increased by 50% in the last ten years.



Emmerson advocates a different approach to ADHD, arguing that it should be a diagnosis of exclusion rather than the other way around, and that we must look past the label, recognizing that individual symptoms vary and treatment plans should be better tailored to the individual. He examines mental and behavioral issues from all sides, including the possibility that nurturing - rather than trying to alter or suppress - the active, "360-degree" mind is a viable way for those diagnosed with ADHD to realize their gifts and lead purposeful lives.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index.

A new doctor's office -- Peeking behind the ADHD curtain -- Optimal health, interrupted : decoding ADHD (part one) -- Optimal health, interrupted : decoding ADHD (part two) -- So easy to diagnose, so tricky to understand -- Why personal history matters in diagnosing -- The larger problem of misdiagnosis -- Prescribing in an open ocean -- What we're up against -- The ADHD buy-in -- What about our boys? -- What is it with my brain? -- Exploring the deeper causes -- New ways of working with ADHD -- Toward collaborative diagnosing and care -- Problem child or gifted child -- Nutrition's necessary place -- Shaking off the label -- The world beyond ADHD.

"Emmerson advocates for a different approach to ADHD, arguing that it should be a diagnosis of exclusion rather than the other way around. He urges that we must look past that label, recognizing that individual symptoms vary and treatment plans should be better tailored to the individual. He examines mental and behavioral issues from all sides, including the possibility that nurturing -rather than trying to alter or suppress- the active '360-degree' mind is a viable way for those diagnosed with ADHD to realize their gifts and lead purposeful lives"--Inside dust jacket.

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