This is Mental Health Awareness Week and to celebrate, the CGHS Library Blog is going to showcase a different mental health issue each day.
Attention Deficit Disorder (or ADD) is a more common condition than most people realize. Dr. Russell Barkley is an authority on the condition, and he and other researchers are discovering more every day.
Positively ADD: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams (616.8589 COR) profiles successful people who have made their ADD work for them.
An excerpt: "The weaknesses associated with ADD are not reflected in the label. In fact, the label "Attention Deficit Disorder" misses the essence of what is going on in ADD. People with ADD do not suffer from a lack of attention. Instead, their hypersensitive attention wanders, and often to interesting places. At times, people with ADD can pay rapt attention, but they do not always pay attention to what they are supposed to. They may have difficulty gathering their observations and ideas in an orderly fashion so that others can understand them. This can cause trouble."
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