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Buzz : a year of paying attention / Katherine Ellison.

By: Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Voice, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 289 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781401340889
  • 1401340881
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 618.92/8589 22
  • 616.8589 22
LOC classification:
  • RJ506.H9 E45 2010
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Contents:
The predicament: "Understand me!" -- History: stuck on input -- Emergency: crossing lines in the Ritalin wars -- Biology: the anatomy of distraction -- Relationships: the cookie of peace -- Society: the attack of the chronophages -- Education: the rules of engagement -- Add-vocacy: the strength in numbers -- Wired: braving the new world of neurofeedback -- Meditation: "No one ever died of restlessness" -- The white contender -- Knots to undo -- What else worked.
Summary: The author recounts her journey to understand and reconnect with her twelve-year-old son after they were both diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-278) and index.

The predicament: "Understand me!" -- History: stuck on input -- Emergency: crossing lines in the Ritalin wars -- Biology: the anatomy of distraction -- Relationships: the cookie of peace -- Society: the attack of the chronophages -- Education: the rules of engagement -- Add-vocacy: the strength in numbers -- Wired: braving the new world of neurofeedback -- Meditation: "No one ever died of restlessness" -- The white contender -- Knots to undo -- What else worked.

The author recounts her journey to understand and reconnect with her twelve-year-old son after they were both diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.