Edward M. Hallowell, MD, is an American psychiatrist and author focusing on better navigating the difficulties and utilizing the gifts of ADHD.
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Dr. Hallowell explains how to gain focus at work with ADHD.
Here, two successful entrepreneurs with ADD answer the most common and plaguing questions from ADDitude readers trying to manage their symptoms at work.
This video is about stimulant medication, more specifically the general stigma that steers people away from trying them as part of treatment for ADHD.
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been looking for a better term for ADHD. I don’t see it as a disorder, but as a trait. Last summer, Carrie Feibel at KQED Radio, suggested to us a new term, VAST—Variable Attention Stimulus Trait.
An introduction to Ed’s work at the Hallowell Center in NYC.
Dr. Hallowell tells us that if we don’t reconstruct our boundaries, we will be too crazy busy to enjoy life.
Are you addicted to your cell phone? Dr. Hallowell advises that you TURN IT OFF! 20 years ago, someone could find you if they needed to.
Is busyness a coping mechanism? Slow down to concentrate better and get more things done.
Dr. Hallowell shares how mental illness affected his family and why stigma is the biggest obstacle to people getting the help they need.
World-renowned authors Dr. Edward M. Hallowell and Dr. John J. Ratey literally “wrote the book” on ADD/ADHD more than two decades ago. Their bestseller, Driven to Distraction, largely introduced this diagnosis to the public and sold more than a million copies along the way.
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