Daniel G. Amen - Healing ADD Revised Edition

Dr. Daniel G. Amen, board-certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry and licensed in nuclear brain imaging, has discovered that there are seven types of attention deficit disorder, each with its own distinctive brain dysfunctions and treatments

Type 1Classic ADDInattentive, distractible, disorganized, hyperactive, restless, and impulsive.

Type 2Inattentive ADDEasily distracted with low attention span, but not hyperactive. Instead, often appears sluggish or apathetic.

Type 3Overfocused ADDExcessive worrying, argumentative, and compulsive; often gets locked in a spiral of negative thoughts.

Type 4Temporal Lobe ADDQuick temper and rage, periods of panic and fear, mildly paranoid.

Type 5Limbic ADDMoodiness, low energy. Socially isolated, chronic low-grade depression, frequent feelings of hopelessness.

Type 6Ring of Fire ADDAngry, aggressive, sensitive to noise, light, clothes, and touch; often inflexible, experiencing periods of mean, unpredictable behavior and grandiose thinking.

Type 7Anxious ADDAnxious, tense, nervous, predicts the worst, gets anxious with timed tests, social anxiety, and often has physical stress symptoms, such as headaches and gastrointestinal symptoms, conflict avoidant.

Daniel Amens work in SPECT brain imaging, the first major breakthrough in psychiatry and psychology in the last fifty years, brings these fields out of the dark ages and into partnership with other medical disciplines. He takes complex matters of brain function and helps the layperson and professional work together as a healing team.

EARL A. HENSLIN, PSY.D., BCETS, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EXPERTS IN TRAUMATIC STRESS

Thanks to the cutting-edge work of Dr. Amen, I have at long last been properly diagnosed with adult ADD. I am on the appropriate medication, am working with an ADD coach, and seeing each day of my life come more and more into focus. What an unexpected joy! I recommend this book to anyone who has concerns with ADD or even the slightest interest in human behavior.

JOAN BAEZ

For patients, parents, and doctors alike, Dr. Amens new book provides a wealth of material on ADD, backed up by illuminating and helpful brain imaging. Clear and readable, and a must for understanding this disorder.

WILLIAM R. COLLIE, M.D., SAFE HARBOR CLINIC FOR BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE

Dr. Amens Healing ADD contains a wealth of startling new insights about ADD. A must-read for every professional in the juvenile justice system. A breakthrough work on diagnosing and treating ADD, it is certain to be a classic.

THOMAS C. EDWARDS, JUDGE, SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Healing ADD should be required reading for all clinicians and educators. Dr. Amens work should abolish the notion that ADD is merely a myth. His elegant SPECT brain studies make ADD understandable to a three-year-old and have brought psychiatry from witchcraft to neuroscience.

CLAIRE FRIEND, M.D., CHILD AND ADULT PSYCHIATRIST

Nearly a third of my practice is filled with adult ADD. Dr. Amen is a courageous pioneer, a conscientious scientist, and a caring physiciana spectacular combination.

FRANK L. ANNIS, M.D., DIPLOMAT, AMERICAN BOARD OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY

Healing ADD provides details on multiple treatment options, including pharmacological, educational, behavioral, and herbal. It is essential reading for those who treat ADD and those who are directly or indirectly affected by ADD.

J. KIRK CLOPTON, M.D., PH.D., DIRECTOR, GOLDEN HILLS PSYCHIATRY

Dr. Amens groundbreaking discoveries make the complexities of ADD easy to understand. His pioneering use of SPECT imaging confirms what other expert clinicians could only suspect. ADD is not a weakness of the human spirit. Readers of his book will understand how to help themselves, family members, or fellow human beings.

DENNIS ALTERS, M.D., CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND ADULT PSYCHIATRIST AND AUTHOR OF WIZARDS WAY

With the tremendous research done by Dr. Amen, we can now measure the physiology that has gone wrong and enable patients to take charge of their lives.

REN ESPY, D.C., N.D., ZONE HEALTH ASSOCIATES

Once again challenging older concepts about attention deficit disorder, Dr. Amen writes with a clarity, simplicity, and passion I have come to admire. Healing ADD is a worthy extension of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life .

TERENCE F. MCGUIRE, M.D., PSYCHIATRIST

Dr. Amen has taken a unique and useful approach in Healing ADD. Providing good direction for designing an effective treatment program, this will be a tremendous aid in understanding and managing the complex needs of those with ADD. An excellent book for clinicians, patients, and their families.

RICHARD GILBERT, M.D., PSYCHIATRIST

Other Books by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Unleash the Power of the Female Brain

Use Your Brain to Change Your Age

The Amen Solution

End Emotional Over-eating Now

(with Larry Momaya)

Unchain Your Brain

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

Magnificent Mind at Any Age

The Brain in Love

Making a Good Brain Great

Preventing Alzheimers

(with William R. Shankle)

Healing Anxiety and Depression

(with Lisa Routh, M.D.)

New Skills for Frazzled Parents

Healing the Hardware of the Soul

Images of Human Behavior: A Brain Spect Atlas

How to Get Out of Your Own Way

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

ADD in Intimate Relationships

Would You Give Two Minutes a Day for a Lifetime of Love?

A Childs Guide to ADD

A Teenagers Guide to ADD

(with Anthony Amen and Sharon Johnson)

Mind Coach: How to Teach Kids and Teens to Think Positive and Feel Good

What I Learned from a Penguin

10 Steps to Building Values Within Children

The Secrets of Successful Students

Healing the Chaos Within

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Amen, Daniel G., author.

[Healing ADD]

Healing ADD from the inside out : the breakthrough program that allows you to see and heal the seven types of attention deficit disorder / Daniel G. Amen, M.D.Revised edition.

pages cm

Revision of: Healing ADD. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-425-26997-8 (pbk.)

1. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderTreatment. 2. Attention-deficit disorder in adultsTreatment. I. Title.