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ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell
6 reviews
cuteasamuntin's review against another edition
2.0
A fair segment of this book also made me uncomfortable, as the language around bodies and food was mildly triggering with respect to my personal history of struggling with an acute eating disorder and ongoing disordered relationship with food. I would have expected the authors to be more sensitive to the subject, considering many people with ADHD have complicated relationships with food and eating as a reward and/or dopamine source.
There is very little acknowledgement of the overlap between autism and ADHD, either consideration of the high percentage of dual diagnoses or merely in symptomatic convergence. They also seem to at least tacitly accept ABA as a legitimate treatment model, even as they encourage replacing it with social learning, yet there is little discussion of practical methods for immediate management of emotional dysregulation, under- or overstimulation, or other internal struggles that contribute to social disruption beyond “run around a bit,” which is often not practical or socially permissible to do immediately for either children or adults. At least the authors don’t fall into the evolutionary psych trap of ADHD being an adaptation improving early human community safety and reproductive fitness.
That being said, I will unequivocally commend them for being proponents of medication as ADHD management and individual education plans for children with ADHD and learning/developmental disabilities in general. There was also some discussion of workplace flexibility for adults, though more robust discussion of reasonable workplace accommodations, as required by the ADA (or indeed any discussion of ADHD as a recognized disability), and how one might go about deciding what accommodations would be helpful and requesting them would have been more practical and helpful than simply recommending that people look for another job or switch careers.
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, and Sexism
rayowag's review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Fatphobia and Mental illness
leannanecdote's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Medical trauma
uchlaraai's review against another edition
2.25
While they did make acknowledgements of authorial connections to particular products or services, it still felt gross with how much page-space those things were given. Especially for genetic testing "No benefit yet, but couldn't hurt!" Like...given how shady and gross the use and access to your genetic info companies will use and possibly distribute, I would say, that's really awful advice, especially for folks who have been id'd as having a disorder!
Also, the fatphobia that consistently and casually gets thrown around: why? Especially the speculation around the ACEs study patients
I also hate the "superpower" narrative of adhd, as it applies to me, at least. Destigmatizing is great! Acknowledging potential strengths where you've usually found failure, great! Its weird to sell it as "wow, arent you so glad you have focus and attention issues?" Not great!
Moderate: Fatphobia
antonia_schuro's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Classism
adrizeuza's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Fatphobia
This book was a very informative read for me, as I am in the process of getting diagnosed for ADHD after years of silent suffering. I liked that it took both adults and children into consideration. The first half was particularly interesting because it easily explains WHY and HOW our brains work the way they do translating very sciency things into understandable images and real life examples. The only thing I disliked were some sections where they basically recommended some supplements that "everybody should take" without bringing up solid evidence for it, using mostly annecdotal points (also one of the authors receives money from one of the brands so... potential conflict of interest). Another major thing I disliked was the almost transversal fatphobia / diet culture tone especially when attempting to be funny / relatable... Despite these less positive aspects I still think it can be a valuable book for understanding the condition