About the Book

ADHD remains a controversial condition. Opinions are polarised with each side holding passionate views about the nature of this disorder and how best to help those that attract the label. In this unique text, Dr Timimi first investigates what lies behind these different views and how the view we hold about ADHD influences not only our choice of treatment, but also has far wider effects. In the second part of the book, Dr Timimi uses his many years of experience in successfully weaning children off psychiatric drugs, to provide practical advice, bringing together for the first time the full range of approaches from behavioural to nutritional, from family dynamics to working with schools, that make up a comprehensive approach to dealing with ADHD without needing to use medications.

About the Author

Dr Sami Timimi is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist who works in the National Health Service in Lincolnshire, UK. He writes from a critical psychiatry perspective on topics relating to child and adolescent mental health and has published many articles on many topics including eating disorders, psychotherapy, behavioural disorders and cross-cultural psychiatry. He has authored two books, Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood, published in 2002 and Naughty Boys: Anti-Social Behaviour, ADHD and the Role of Culture, published in 2005, and co-edited with Begum Maitra Critical Voices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health published in 2006.