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Getting ahead of ADHD: what next-generation science says about treatments that work-- and how you can make them work for your child / Joel T. Nigg, PhD.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The Guilford Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: vii, 299 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781462524938
  • 1462524931
  • 9781462530328
  • 146253032X
Other title:
  • Getting ahead of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.928589 23
LOC classification:
  • RJ506.H9 N5175 2017
Contents:
A new understanding of ADHD -- Epigenetics : the end of the nature-versus-nurture debate -- Food and ADHD : old controversies and new clarity -- Exercise, sleep, and ADHD : new insights on brain growth -- Technology and ADHD : latest findings on the peril and the promise -- Environmental chemicals and ADHD : sorting alarm from prudent caution -- Adversity, stress, trauma, and ADHD : finding sanctuary -- Getting professional help : traditional and alternative treatments for ADHD -- Tying it all together.
Summary: Does toxic pollution cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What about screen use? Are alternative treatments worth exploring? Can dietary changes help? From leading ADHD researcher Joel T. Nigg, this book presents exciting treatment advances grounded in the new science of epigenetics--how genes and the environment interact. Distinguishing unsupported, even dangerous, approaches from bona fide breakthroughs, Dr. Nigg describes specific lifestyle changes that have been proven to support the developing brain.
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Book Book Janet F. Harte Public Library Janet F. Harte Public Library Nonfiction 618.928589 NIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185001831641
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289) and index.

A new understanding of ADHD -- Epigenetics : the end of the nature-versus-nurture debate -- Food and ADHD : old controversies and new clarity -- Exercise, sleep, and ADHD : new insights on brain growth -- Technology and ADHD : latest findings on the peril and the promise -- Environmental chemicals and ADHD : sorting alarm from prudent caution -- Adversity, stress, trauma, and ADHD : finding sanctuary -- Getting professional help : traditional and alternative treatments for ADHD -- Tying it all together.

Does toxic pollution cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What about screen use? Are alternative treatments worth exploring? Can dietary changes help? From leading ADHD researcher Joel T. Nigg, this book presents exciting treatment advances grounded in the new science of epigenetics--how genes and the environment interact. Distinguishing unsupported, even dangerous, approaches from bona fide breakthroughs, Dr. Nigg describes specific lifestyle changes that have been proven to support the developing brain.

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