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.
传记与作者历程
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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"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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