Andrews and Davis describe many new areas not usually covered by other books, including the effect of ADD on problems with temper control, addictive behaviors, domestic violence and criminal behaviors. While this collection of problems can have a devastating impact on many areas of one's life, the authors also emphasize that ADD can have a positive influence on drive, energy level and creativity. ADD is a complex, genetic behavioral disorder. Because it affects behavior instead of something physically obvious, like height or eye color, it is often misdiagnosed and often ridiculed and claimed to be a non-existent entity. This is particularly tragic, because the treatment of this disorder can dramatically improve people's lives. That treatment can involve medication, or it can involve the hundreds of non-medical approaches and suggestions the authors so well describe. A combination of both can be particularly effective.

--- Edna D. Copeland, Ph.D.
Director National Professional in Attention Deficit Disorders (NPC/ADD)
Author of Attention Please and Medications for Attention Disorders and Related Medical Problems

"To understand ADD is to diagnose ADD. To understand ADD is to treat it., This extraordinary book brings to us a lucid understanding of ADD through the author¼s considerable experience. The book might well have been titled åFeeling Your Way Through the Emotion of ADD¼ for few have been able to so vividly portray what it's like to have ADD."

--- Stephen C. Copps, M.D.
Director, MCCG Institute for Developmental Medicine
Author of The Attending Physician

"An outstanding volume of work. Buy this book and hurry to a favorite reading place. Find guidelines for life changing action plans that can move you onward and upward"

--- Jim Reisinger, President and Founder
National Conference on ADD in Adults and
ADDult Information Exchange Network (ADDIEN.org)

"This easily read and understood book will help teenagers and adults to understand and successfully cope with their ADD in their personal lives as well as their academic/work lives. Equally important, the authors describe in meaningful detail the frequent complications that often mask ADD and interfere with its successful treatment, particularly violence and addictions. The rich clinical illustrations and the practical advice address critical yet often neglected management issues such as interpersonal problems with significant others, consideration and planning for further education and training, and how to deal with the workplace"

--- Lawrence M. Greenberg, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
Author of the T.O.V.A. Computer Programs.

The Authors
Joan M. Andrews, M.S., M.F.C.C., L.E.P. is an Educational Psychologist and Marriage and Family and Child Counselor with 25 years of experience diagnosing and treating children and adolescents with ADD. Within the last 15 years she has added ADD adults to her practice. She has a strong commitment to ADD education and has an on-going series of ADD seminars as well as coaching and support groups in her office.

Denise E. Davis, M.S., M.F.C.C. is a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in private practice and has a lengthy history teaching non-traditional youth at California State University, Long Beach. She lectures extensively and sees many ADD individuals and families in her practice.

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