Edward M. "Ned" Hallowell (Born 2 December 1949) is a 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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Biography
Hallowell is an alumnus of both Harvard and Phillips Exeter Academy, and received his medical degree from Tulane University Medical School. Hallowell has authored books on various psychological topics, including problems with attention, focus, stress and worry.
In 1996 Hallowell told Parade magazine. "We're a country founded by ADHD. We are a nation full of ADHD. That's why we are so interesting and exciting.
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Hallowell is a firm and strong advocate of taking stimulant medication for ADHD/ADD as the first option of treating it and claimed for many years that Adderall and Ritalin are safer than taking aspirin.
Hallowell claims to have ADHD but despite his advocacy of using them as a treatment, does not take Adderall or Ritalin himself. He also never has been formally diagnosed.
In Driven to Distraction Hallowell claimed "ADHD has symptoms that include trouble concentrating, impulsivity, disorganization, procrastination and hyperactivity. Along with behavioral therapy, medication is good because it can improve adults' relationships, parenting skills, job performance, even their sex lives".
He also claimed that Albert Einstein, Edgar Allan Poe, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, John Irving and Henry Ford all had undiagnosed ADHD.
In 2012, Hallowell went on television in an advert with Ty Pennington and said "Undiagnosed, this condition can ruin your family life, ruin your school life. Among adults it leads to underachievement. The prison population is full of people with undiagnosed ADHD. The divorced, the unemployed, the addicted. It's a good news diagnosis because if you get it you can skyrocket. You can soar. You can achieve your goals. You might be a straight-A student. You may be a Nobel Peace Prize winner. But you know you could be doing better. Go and get this diagnosis. 80% of adults don't know they have it. Stimulants are very safe. See a doctor who knows what he or she is doing and it's safer than aspirin.
What neither Hallowell or Pennington mentioned was the payment Pennington received from Shire, a manufacturer of Adderall.
Just a year later, after meeting the parents of Richard Fee, who hung himself on 7 November 2011, aged 25, after taking Adderall from February 2010 to October 2011, despite showing no signs of the condition in his life, Hallowell said he regretted the cavalier and enthusiastic recommendations of stimulants that he had publicly espoused for many years up to then, with the quote "I regret the aspirin analogy. I won't be saying that again. We have kids out there getting these drugs to use as mental steroids-that's dangerous, and I hate to think that I have had a hand in creating that problem.
Personal life
Hallowell lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, a social worker, and their three children, Lucy, Jack and Tucker.
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)
Television appearances
- Today (9/30/2005)
- The Dr. Oz Show (10/19/2011)
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