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Edward M. Hallowell

Edward M. Hallowell is an American psychiatrist and author specializing in ADHD, mental health, and human potential. Best known for co-authoring Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction with John J. Ratey, he helped popularize modern understanding of ADHD in adults and children through widely read books, clinical practice, and public speaking.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Edward M. Hallowell built his career at the intersection of psychiatry, narrative, and public education. Raised in a family marked by mental illness, alcoholism, and instability in Massachusetts, he later described those early experiences as central to his decision to become a psychiatrist. He studied English at Harvard College, earned his medical degree at Tulane, trained in psychiatry at Harvard, and went on to serve on the Harvard Medical School faculty for 21 years. His own experience with ADHD and dyslexia also shaped the way he came to think about diagnosis: not simply as a catalog of deficits, but as a search for hidden strengths. ((https://drhallowell.com/meet-dr-hallowell/biography/))

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NEVER WORRY ALONE!
-Managing Anxiety and Toxic Worry
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Worry is like blood pressure: you need a certain level to live, but too high a level can hurt you
-Managing Anxiety and Toxic Worry
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Connection is like the keys in the ignition. The keys are there, waiting to be taken. We only have to reach in
-Connections are CRITICAL
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The medical fact is that we need each other
-A Shot in the Arm
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you have a turbo charged mind – like a Ferrari engine, but the brakes of a bicycle, and I’m the brake expert
-Reframing ADHD
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personal happiness depends on the richness and depth of our connections
-Fighting Life's "What Ifs"
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But for screens to benefit us, we must be in charge of them, not them in charge of us
-The Brain Equivalent of Global Warming
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In the world of ADHD, there are only two times: there is NOW, and then there is NOT NOW
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Voix de la Communauté

"Ned Hallowell possesses the most inspiring and optimistic voice emerging from the American medical community today"

Michael Thompson

"Drs. Hallowell and Ratey have written a book that draws on the latest scientific advances and their decades of clinical experience"

Harold S. Koplewicz

"Hallowell is a generous and lively storyteller, and he shares inspiring insights into his family and the patients he has treated"

Kirkus Reviews

"Dr. Hallowell writes not only with wisdom and experience, but also with heart"

Harriet Lerner

"Drs. Hallowell and Ratey combine evidence-based practice and research to help those with ADHD live a fulfilled and happy life"

Kristin Seymour

"Hallowell's style is easy and will be especially appealing to baby boomers searching for meaning and balance"

Publishers Weekly

"Once again, Dr. Ned Hallowell, in collaboration here with Dr. John Ratey, has hit the proverbial ball out of the park"

Lloyd Sederer

"In a voice both authoritative and compassionate, Hallowell thoroughly explores a topic that touches nearly everyone"

Publishers Weekly

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