| Acknowledgments |
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| Author's Note |
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| Introduction |
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PART ONE The Nature of Attention Deficit Disorder |
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1 So Much Soup and Garbage Can |
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3 | (8) |
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2 Many Roads Not Traveled |
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11 | (10) |
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21 | (6) |
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4 A Conflictual Marriage: ADD and the Family (I) |
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27 | (8) |
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5 Forgetting to Remember the Future |
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35 | (12) |
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PART TWO How the Brain Develops and How the Circuits and Chemistry of ADD Arise |
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6 Different Worlds: Heredity and the Environments of Childhood |
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47 | (10) |
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7 Emotional Allergies: ADD and Sensitivity |
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57 | (6) |
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8 A Surrealistic Choreography |
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63 | (6) |
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9 Attunement and Attachment |
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69 | (8) |
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10 The Footprints of Infancy |
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77 | (10) |
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PART THREE The Roots of ADD in Family and Society |
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11 An Utter Stranger: ADD and the Family (II) |
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87 | (8) |
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12 Stories within Stories: ADD and the Family (III) |
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95 | (12) |
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13 This Most Frenetic of Cultures: The Social Roots of ADD |
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107 | (10) |
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PART FOUR The Meaning of ADD Traits |
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14 Severed Thoughts and Flibbertigibbets: Distractibility and Tuning Out |
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117 | (12) |
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15 The Pendulum Swings: Hyperactivity, Lethargy and Shame |
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129 | (12) |
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PART FIVE The add Child and Healing |
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16 It Ain't Over Till It's Over: Unconditional Positive Regard |
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141 | (10) |
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151 | (8) |
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159 | (12) |
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19 Just Looking for Attention |
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171 | (12) |
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20 The Defiant Ones: Oppositionality |
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183 | (10) |
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193 | (8) |
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22 My Marshmallow Caught Fire: Motivation and Autonomy |
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201 | (10) |
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23 Trusting the Child, Trusting Oneself: ADD in the Classroom |
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211 | (10) |
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24 Always on My Case: Teenagers |
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221 | (14) |
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25 Justifying One's Existence: Self-Esteem |
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235 | (12) |
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26 Memories Are Made of This |
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247 | (10) |
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27 Remembering What Didn't Happen: The ADD Relationship |
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257 | (14) |
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28 Moses Saved by the Angel: Self-Parenting (I) |
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271 | (12) |
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29 The Physical and Spiritual Environment: Self-Parenting (II) |
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283 | (14) |
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30 In Place of Tears and Sorrow: Addictions and the ADD Brain |
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297 | (10) |
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31 I Never Saw the Trees: What Medications Can and Cannot Do |
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307 | (12) |
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32 What It Means to Attend |
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319 | (6) |
| Notes |
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325 | (10) |
| Bibliography |
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335 | (6) |
| Index |
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