Edward M. "Ned" Hallowell (born 2 December 1949) is an American child and adult psychiatrist who specialises in ADD and ADHD. He is the co-author of the books Driven to Distraction (1994) and Delivered From Distraction (2005).
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Background
Hallowell grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, traumatized by his experiences in the Second World War, suffered from bipolar disorder and had ECT. Hallowell's mother remarried to an abusive alcoholic.
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Education
Hallowell is an alumnus of Harvard and Phillips Exeter Academy and received his medical degree from Tulane University Medical School.
ADHD
In 1981, Hallowell attended a lecture about children with ADHD and stated that is when he learned that he has the syndrome. For the next ten years Hallowell diagnosed people with it using the Conner's Scale. In an interview in 2012, Hallowell stated that ADHD appears in 15% of the population. In May 2015, Hallowell declared the USA was violent because of ADHD.
Drug advocate
Hallowell favors a multi-model method to treat ADHD. He has stated that Concerta, Adderall, Ritalin, and other ADHD drugs are "incredibly and unbelievably safe", "safer than aspirin", and are like "eye glasses But he does not take them for his own ADHD.
Driven to Distraction
In Driven to Distraction, published in 1994, Hallowell claimed "ADHD has symptoms that include trouble concentrating, impulsivity, disorganization, procrastination and hyperactivity".
On September 15, 2005 Hallowell said "Whenever you get someone with ADHD diagnosed and treated successfully, everyone wins. Along with behavioral therapy, medication is good because it can improve adults' relationships, parenting skills, job performance, even their sex lives".
Hallowell said "ADHD, when treated properly, is not only "powerfully positive" but probably what made people like Albert Einstein, Edgar Allan Poe, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, John Irving and Henry Ford so special".
McNeil Pediatrics
For many years Hallowell was a paid consultant to and spokesperson for McNeil Pediatrics, a company that makes Concerta and other stimualants.
Personal life
Hallowell lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, a social worker, and their three children.
Books
- Finding the Heart of the Child (1993)
- Driven to Distraction (1994)
- Answers to Distraction (1996)
- Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception (1997)
- A Walk in the Rain With a Brain (2004)
- When You Worry About The Child You Love (1997)
- Worry (1998)
- 12 Vital Ties That Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life, and Deepen Your Soul (1999)
- The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness (2003)
- Delivered from Distraction (2005)
- CrazyBusy (2006)
References
External links
- http://www.drhallowell.com/
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