Recommended Reading List

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ADHD and the Nature of Self-Control.
Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. (1997) ISBN #1-57230-250-X. Russell A. Barkley provides a radical shift of perspective on ADHD, arguing that the disorder is fundamentally a developmental problem of self-control, and that a deficit in attention is a secondary, and not universal, characteristic.

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Attention Deficit Disorders and Comorbidities in Children, Adolescents and Adults.
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. (2000) ISBN #0-88048-711-9. This book is quite different from most existing books on ADHD. It includes clear explanation of a new model for understanding ADHD as a complex set of impairments in management functions of the mind.

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Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It.
Gabor Mate, M.D. (2000). Written by a doctor who himself has Attention Deficit Disorder, offers a completely new perspective on ADD and a new approach to helping children and adults living with the problems Attention Deficit Disorder presents.

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Driven to Distraction – Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood.
Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.John J. Ratey, M.D. (1995) ISBN# 0-671-89983-X

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ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Adults.
Paul H. Wender, M.D. (2001) ISBN #0-19-511349-7. This book reviews what is known about ADHD, its symptoms, its life course, its causes and the usefulness of various treatments.

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