Publisher's Synopsis
Inside cover:Healing Children's Attention and Behavior Disorders is an authoritative guide to children's mental health for the naturopathic, conventional, and integrative student and practitioner. Based on primary research and evidence-based practices, this book has become a standard reference text in medical libraries, adopted and recommended for course work at several medical colleges and health science programs. Back cover:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD), as well as other serious learning and behavior disorders, continue to plague our children, despite the widespread use of stimulant drugs like Ritalin. While these drugs may mask annoying symptoms, they do not address the causes of these conditions and may themselves cause undesirable side effects. While examining the chronic attention and behavior disorders suffered by more than 2,000 children in his practice, Dr Hoffer discovered that food allergies and nutrient deficiencies are the predominant causes. To treat these disorders, he recommends against pharmaceutical, psychotherapeutic, and surgical intervention in favor of nutritional therapy. Nutritional therapy uses a combination of optimum nutrition from common foods with vitamin and mineral supplements to restore well-being.
