Dr. Gábor Maté on ADD + ADHD + Gadgets + Web + Multitasking + Kids + MORE!

On “acting out” and other misdirected labeling, again, pay attention and care…
– an interview on Democracy Now! –

Relationships need to be nurtured.
His own website.

Dr. Gabor Maté has written four bestselling books. The first, Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Disorder (published in the U.S. as Scattered) offers a groundbreaking and optimistic perspective on this much-misunderstood condition, seeing it not as a disease but as a problem of brain development in the context of a stressed society.
His second book, When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, is a passionately argued thesis that stress has a major role in the onset of most chronic diseases. Warmly received by readers and published in eight languages on five continents, When The Body Says No combines the latest findings of modern science with the poignant and compelling stories of many patients, ordinary people and famous. The book has been greeted with both support and controversy in the medical community.
Dr. Maté’s third book, Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers, examines parenting from the perspective of attachment theory to illuminate the crucial role parents must play in the upbringing of their children. This book was co-authored by Dr. Gordon Neufeld, a developmental and clinical psychologist.
The fourth book, In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction has been published in February, 2008 and, as of this writing-several days after the publication date-it already promises to be a bestseller.