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| Preface to the New Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| A Note on Authorship | |
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| How to Read This Book | |
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| Introduction: Welcome to the World of ADD, Where Landing Is Learned in Midair | |
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| What's it Like to Have Add? | |
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| The Skinny on ADD: Read This If You Can't Read the Whole Book | |
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| The Feel of ADD | |
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| The Seven Habits of Highly Effective ADD-ers | |
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| ADD Self-Assessment Quizzes for Adults: A Screening Test | |
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| Won't Pay Attention, or Can't? The Crux of the Matter | |
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| An Evil, an Illness, or a Kind of Mind? From Stigma to Science | |
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| The Itch at the Core of ADD | |
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| Three Stories That Tell the Story | |
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| The Benevians: How This Diagnosis Can Change Your Life for the Better-at Any Age | |
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| Joey: When There's More Than ADD | |
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| The O'Brien Family: A Houseful of ADD | |
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| Making the Diagnosis of Add | |
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| The Steps to Diagnosis | |
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| The qEEG and the SPECT Scan: Two Useful New Tests Not Widely Used | |
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| How Do You Tell a Child About the Diagnosis of ADD? | |
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| Conditions that Coexist with ADD | |
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| Bipolar Disorder or ADD? How to Tell the Difference | |
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| ADD, Reading Problems, and Dyslexia | |
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| Genetics: If I Have ADD, What Are the Odds My Child Will Too? and Other Interesting Questions | |
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| Are We Training Our Children to Have ADD? | |
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| ADD, Addictions, and a New Use of the 12 Steps | |
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| Mastering the Power and Avoiding the Pitfalls: The Treatment of Add | |
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| The Treatment of ADD: What Works Best | |
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| The Key to Treating ADD: Find the Buried Treasures | |
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| How to Find the Buried Treasures: Five Steps That Lead to Lasting Joy | |
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| How to Find the Buried Treasure in School: One Shining Example That All Schools Should Follow | |
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| Major Danger Alert: College and ADD | |
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| Nutrition and ADD: A Cornerstone of Good Treatment | |
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| Omega-3 Fatty Acids: A Nutrition-Based Treatment for ADD | |
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| Physical Exercise: A Great Treatment for ADD and a Magic Tonic for Your Brain | |
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| Powerful Exercises for the Brain That Improve Attention | |
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| Cerebellar Stimulation: A Specific Kind of Physical Exercise That Can Be Used to Treat ADD | |
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| To Try Medication or Not: Some Reassuring Guidelines | |
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| If You Choose to Try Medication, Which Should You Choose? | |
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| Don't SPIN | |
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| And Don't SLIDE | |
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| The Big Struggle Revisited: ADD in Families | |
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| Living Through the Pain of ADD | |
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| How to Get Rid of Piles: The Kudzu of ADD | |
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| Worry and ADD | |
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| Sex and ADD | |
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| Hallowell & Ratey's Top Tips for Adult ADD | |
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| What Kind of Mate Is Best If You Have ADD? | |
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| What Can You Do If Your Mate Has ADD? | |
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| Getting Well Enough Organized: The Hallowell Approach | |
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| What the Best Treatment Must Include | |
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| A Compendium of Resources | |