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WORK TITLE: Because I Come from a Crazy Family
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WEBSITE: http://www.drhallowell.com
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PERSONAL
Married Sue George (a couples therapist); children: Lucy, Jack, Tucker.
EDUCATION:Graduate of Harvard College; Tulane Medical School, M.D.
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CAREER
Child and adult psychiatrist. Founder of Hallowell Centers for Cognitive and Emotional Health, Boston, MA, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, and Seattle, WA. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, faculty member, 1983-2004. Host of podcast series Distraction.
WRITINGS
Columnist for ADDitude Magazine.
SIDELIGHTS
Edward M. Hallowell is a psychiatrist who works with both children and adults, and who is particularly known for his research and writings on attention deficit disorder (ADD), also known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is marked by impulsiveness, hyperactivity, and difficulty concentrating. He has also noted that some people who do not have ADHD exhibit symptoms of it because of the challenges in modern life, in which people are so overscheduled and overcommitted that they are unable to focus on a given task. He has written about this phenomenon and how to overcome it as well. His other topics have included the nature of worrying, preparing children for happy lives, and his own early life. Many of his books fall into the self-help category, but reviewers have often praised them as superior examples of that genre.
Worry
Some people have a greater tendency to worry than others, Hallowell writes in Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely. This trait is likely genetic, according to the author, and people prone to worry sometimes find it difficult to stop. Worrying is not always a negative emotion, he notes, as what he calls “wise worry” can make a person aware of genuine danger. There is also toxic worry, he says, which is unproductive and interferes with many activities. He presents a quiz with with readers can determine their level and type of worry, then offers strategies for minimizing worry, such as prayer, meditation, planning, exercise, community involvement, maintaining positive relationships, eating healthfully, and abstaining from alcoholic beverages. Psychotherapy and medications are helpful to certain worriers, he adds.
Several critics found the volume valuable. “In a voice both authoritative and compassionate, Hallowell thoroughly explores a topic that touches nearly everyone,” remarked a Publishers Weekly contributor. Booklist reviewer Kevin Grandfield thought Hallowell ignored the social and economic problems that create worry, but allowed that “the book offers useful advice and entertaining stories.”
Connect
This simply titled book deals with the importance of connection. Hallowell urges his audience to “make time for connectedness,” which encompasses connections to friends, family members, nature, animals, religion, ideas, history, one’s community, and more. Not everyone can manage every type of connection, he writes, but having at least some of these connections will contribute to a happy, health life. He offers vignettes to illustrate various types of connection, a quiz with which readers can gauge their level of connectedness, and advice on improving and expanding connections.
Several reviewers recommended the book as a well-thought-out source of simple but necessary advice. “This is not a touchy-feely sermon but a practical and appealing advisor.” William Beatty commented in Booklist. A Publishers Weekly reviewer noted that Hallowell “may not be the first to identify the missing ingredient in many lives, but he can claim authority of a splendid articulation.” Library Journal contributors Yan Toma and Jessica Wolff added that the book “will be useful for those who feel disconnected, disconcerted, and discontent.”
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness
Happy children generally grow into happy adults, Hallowell relates in The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy, in which he makes recommendations to assure this happy outcome. A happy childhood, he writes, is not necessarily a problem-free one; dealing with and overcoming problems can have a positive effect on young people. The bulk of the book, however, is devoted to the means of creating lasting happiness in children: connection with others, the opportunity to play, a chance to practice skills, then to master them, and to receive recognition for accomplishments. He warns against unrealistic expectations, noting that success need not mean perfect grades or a frenzied schedule of extracurricular activities. On the whole, he says, parents should take steps to assure that children can “develop the muscles of confidence, optimism and hope.” He uses numerous case studies and interviews to illustrate how these strategies work, and he draws on the findings of other researchers, such as Martin Seligman. and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
Again, several critics thought Hallowell’s advice worthwhile. “Though occasionally overly sentimental, Hallowell’s heartfelt message is essential for our fast-paced, electronic age,” observed a Publishers Weekly reviewer. Library Journal contributor Alice Hershiser found that Hallowell “provides useful, up-to-date information,” but she thought he took something of an elitist approach, saying he “speaks as if everyone has attended an Ivy League school.” In Booklist, Vanessa Bush recommended The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness without reservation. She noted that Hallowell offers “practical suggestions” for acting on his advice, and she termed the book “a useful resource for parents and educators.”
Because I Come from a Crazy Family
Hallowell trains his lens on his own upbringing in the memoir Because I Come from a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist. Hallowell grew up in the area around Boston in a family that was materially prosperous but troubled by a “triad of alcoholism, politesse, and mental illness,” he writes. His father returned from World War II in an emotionally shattered state and was eventually diagnosed as suffering from bipolar disorder. His mother, an alcoholic, divorced his father and married a man who was also alcoholic and prone to violence. Hallowell’s brother suffered from both bipolar disorder and alcohol addiction. Hallowell managed to become an excellent student at the elite Exeter prep school, Harvard College, and Tulane University’s medical school, but due to his family background, he writes, “I carry a lot of sadness inside me.” This sadness, though, has made him empathetic, he says, and has informed his career, which he also details in the book.
Some critics found Because I Come from a Crazy Family frank and compelling. “For the most part, Hallowell is a generous and lively storyteller, and he shares inspiring insights into his family and the patients he has treated,” related a Kirkus Reviews contributor. The critic wished Hallowell had engaged in a bit more self-examination, but thought the book overall “an affectionate, well-meaning memoir.” A Publishers Weekly reviewer thought Hallowell’s story sometimes “moves too quickly,” but added that the author “is earnest in his assessments about his search for his life’s calling.”
BIOCRIT
BOOKS
Hallowell, Edward M., Because I Come from a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist (memoir), Bloomsbury Publishing (New York, NY), 2018.
PERIODICALS
Booklist, February 15, 1994, Virginia Dwyer, review of Driven to Distraction: Attention Deficit Disorder in Children and Adults, p. 1045; September 15, 1997, Kevin Grandfield, review of Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely, p. 191; September 1, 1999, William Beatty, review of Connect, p. 34; September 15, 2002, Vanessa Bush, review of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy, p. 188; June 1, 2006, Lynn Rutan, review of Positively ADD: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams, p. 54.
Childhood Education, volume 82, number 1, Nicole Vosper, .review of A Walk in the Rain with a Brain, p. 48.
Kirkus Reviews, April 15, 2018, review of Because I Come from a Crazy Family.
Library Journal, October 15, 1999, Yan Toma and Jessica Wolff, review of Connect, p. 88; August, 2002. Alice Hershiser, review of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, p. 132; November 15, 2004, Dale Farris, review of Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder, p. 77; March 15, 2006, Maryse Breton, review of CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap–Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD, p. 86; December 1, 2014, Susan Hurst, review of Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive, p. 112.
Publishers Weekly, May 20, 1996, review of When You Worry about the Child You Love: Emotional and Learning Problems in Children, p. 257; September 22, 1997, review of Worry, p. 63; July 19, 1999, review of Connect, p. 172; August 5, 2002, review of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, p. 70; January 26, 2004, review of Dare to Forgive, p. 242; November 15, 2004, review of A Walk in the Rain with a Brain, p. 59; January 22, 2018, review of Because I Come from a Crazy Family, p. 71.
School Library Journal, January, 2005, Marianne Saccardi, review of A Walk in the Rain with a Brain, p. 94.
ONLINE
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Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D., is a child and adult psychiatrist, a NY Times bestselling author, a world-renowned speaker represented by OutspokenAgency.com and a leading authority in the field of ADHD.
He has authored twenty books including the 1994 ground-breaking New York Times best-seller on ADHD, Driven to Distraction. In aggregate, Dr. Hallowell's books have sold more than 2 million copies on various psychological topics including how to: raise children into happy adults, manage worry, develop focus, forgiveness, connect ing on a deeper level and how to inspire the best from employees. Dr. Hallowell's Memoir, Because I Come From A Crazy Family The Making Of A Psychiatrist, is scheduled to be released on June 12, 2018. Pre-order your copy today.
He is the host of "Distraction," a weekly podcast that offers insights, strategies and tactics for coping and thriving in this crazy-busy, 24/7 over-connected modern world.
In the Media Spotlight:
Dr. Hallowell is a highly recognized public figure who has been interviewed for his expert opinion on major TV shows including Oprah, Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, Today, Dr. Phil, 60 Minutes and CNN and many leading publications including The New York Times, Newsweek and Time Magazine.
Prior to founding The Hallowell Centers for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle, he was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 2004. He graduated from Harvard College and Tulane School of Medicine.
Having successfully managed both ADHD and dyslexia himself, he has famously said, "I don't treat disabilities; I help unwrap gift!" When "disabilities" are seen instead by their mirror traits, these attributes can be channeled toward turbo-charged success. His Hallowell Centers offer comprehensive mental health diagnostic and treatment services to patients and their families.
Dr. Hallowell's practices his trademark strength-based approach and always comes across as genuine, humorous, transparent and passionate whether he is practicing working with clients in the Hallowell Centers or addressing a wide range of topics in his writings and public appearances.
He's married to Sue Hallowell and they have 3 children.
He loves to hear from readers. You can email him at drhallowell@gmail.com or visit his website at www.drhallowell.com
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Background[edit]
Hallowell grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.[1] His father, traumatized by his experiences in the Second World War, suffered from bipolar disorder and had ECT.[2] Hallowell's mother remarried to an abusive alcoholic.[3]
Education[edit]
Hallowell is an alumnus of Harvard and Phillips Exeter Academy and received his medical degree from Tulane University Medical School.[4]
ADHD[edit]
In 1981, Hallowell attended a lecture about children with ADHD and stated that is when he learned that he has the syndrome. For the next ten years Hallowell diagnosed people with it using the Conner's Scale.[4] In an interview in 2012, Hallowell stated that ADHD appears in 15% of the population.[5] In May 2015, Hallowell declared the USA was violent because of ADHD.[6] Hallowell states that ADHD does not always include Hyperactivity but can include having an inability to follow through on assignments at work or at school, misplacing things, avoiding tasks, or getting distracted easily.[7] Hallowell has claimed that Einstein, Mozart, Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln all had ADHD.[8]
McNeil Pediatrics[edit]
Hallowell was a paid consultant to and spokesperson for McNeil Pediatrics, a company that makes Concerta and other stimulants which Hallowell has praised.[9][10][11]
Views on stimulant drugs[edit]
Hallowell has stated that Concerta, Adderall, Ritalin, and other ADHD drugs are "incredibly and unbelievably safe", "safer than aspirin", and are like "eye glasses"[12][13] But he does not take them for his own ADHD.[14][15][16] On September 15, 2005 Hallowell said "Whenever you get someone with ADHD diagnosed and treated successfully, everyone wins. Along with behavioral therapy, medication is good because it can improve adults' relationships, parenting skills, job performance, even their sex lives".[17]
Personal life[edit]
Hallowell lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, a social worker, and their three children.[18]
Books[edit]
Hallowell has written several books. They include:
Finding the Heart of the Child (1993)
Driven to Distraction (1994)
Answers to Distraction (1996)
Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception (1997)
When You Worry About The Child You Love (1997)
Worry (1998)
Connect: 12 Vital Ties That Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life, and Deepen Your Soul (1999)
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness (2003)
A Walk in the Rain With a Brain (2004)
Delivered from Distraction (2005)[19]
CrazyBusy (2006)[20]
Edward M. Hallowell, MD, is the founder of the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Healt and was a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School. A world-renowned ADHD expert, is the New York Times bestselling author of over ten books, including Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction. He has made appearances on The Dr. Oz Show, Today, and many other programs. He lives in Massachusetts. Find out more at DrHallowell.com.
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Harness the power of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra fast, attention deficit society while remaining sane
Raise happy children
Manage worry
Forgive without loosing yourself
Bring the best out of your employees
Develop your focus at work, school, home
A graduate of Harvard College and Tulane School of Medicine, Dr. Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist and the founder of The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. He was a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 2004 until he retired to devote his full professional attention to his clinical practice, lectures, and the writing of books.
Dr. Hallowell is a highly recognized International speaker. He has presented to thousands on topics such as ADHD, strategies on handling your fast-pace life, the Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, how to help your employees Shine, ADHD and Relationships and other pertinent family and health issues. He has been prominently featured in the media, including 20/20, Oprah, Dr. Oz, CNN, PBS and NPR as well as 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Dateline, Good Morning America, US News and World Report, Newsweek, the Harvard Business Review, Washington Post, New York Times and other popular publications.
From corporate audiences to parent-teacher workshops and national television shows, people who listen to Dr. Hallowell come away stimulated, inspired and empowered to change their lives. He is a charismatic speaker, combining the knowledge of a Harvard instructor with his incredible understanding of ADHD, human nature and the struggles we face in this crazy/busy world.
Dr. Hallowell is considered to be one of the foremost experts on the topic of ADHD. He is the co-author, with Dr. John Ratey, of Driven to Distraction, and Answers to Distraction, which have sold more than a million copies. In 2005, Drs. Hallowell and Ratey released their much-awaited third book on ADHD, Delivered from Distraction. “Delivered” provides updated information on the treatment of ADHD and more on adult ADHD.
Dr. Hallowell’s Memoir, Because I Come From A Crazy Family The Making of A Psychiatrist published on June 12, 2018, tells the often strange story of a childhood marked by what he calls the “WASP triad” of alcoholism, mental illness, and politeness, and explores the wild wish, surging beneath his incredible ambition, that he could have saved his own family of drunk, crazy, and well-intentioned eccentrics, and himself.
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In Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive, Dr. Hallowell identifies the underlying reasons why people lose their ability to focus at work. He explains why commonly offered solutions like “learn to manage your time better” or “make a to-do list” don’t work because they ignore he deeper issues that are the true cases of mental distraction.
He is also the host of “DISTRACTION” a weekly podcast series created to explore how we are driven to distraction and offers coping strategies to turn modern problems into new-found strengths.
Sign up for his free monthly e-newsletter and follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Youtube.
In Dr. Hallowell’s book SHINE: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People he draws on brain science, performance research, and his own experience helping people maximize their potential to present a proven process for getting the best from your people. He introduces the 5 steps in the Cycle of Excellence: Select, Connect, Play, Grapple and Grow, and Shine. He shows how each step translates into actions a manager or worker can do and do now to propel their people to excellence.
In Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption, Dr. Hallowell teams up with his wife, Sue George Hallowell, a couples’ therapist, to explain the subtle but dangerous toll today’s overstretched, under nurtured lifestyle takes on our most intimate relationship. The good news is that there are straightforward and effective ways to maneuver your marriage out of the destructive roadblocks created by the avalanche of busy living.
Dr. Oz intereview – Dr. Hallowell on “The Medical Condition You Didn’t Know was Ruining Your Marriage.” Click here to watch Dr. Hallowell discuss Marriage and ADHD.
In Dr. Hallowell’s book with Dr. Peter Jensen, SUPERPARENTING FOR ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child, Dr. Hallowell explains how easily the gifts of this condition are lost on a child amid negative comments from doctors, teachers, and even loving but frustrated parents. He has long argued that ADD is too often misunderstood, mistreated, and mislabeled as a “disability.”
Dr. Hallowell observes that people who do not have ADHD still often show many of its symptoms due to lives that are so busy that they overload their brains. He explores this phenomenon in his book, CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! In this book, Dr. Hallowell shows how the hectic pace of modern life has led our society to suffer from broader, culturally induced ADD. His insight into how to unsnarl frenzied lives and take charge of how we really want to be living provides true inspiration to us all.
In addition to his fame in the world of ADHD and pseudo-ADHD, Dr. Hallowell is also an expert in parenting, how to manage anxiety, and the importance of connection and forgiveness.
Dr. Hallowell lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, a social worker, and their three children.
Meet Dr. Hallowell
BIOGRAPHY
Short Version:
Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D., is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, a thought leader, a NY Times bestselling author, a world-renowned keynote speaker and a leading authority in the field of ADHD. He is the Founder of The Hallowell Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical School and was a Harvard Medical School faculty member for 21 years. Dr. Hallowell now devotes his full professional attention to his clinical practice at the Hallowell Centers, speaking to audiences around the world, writing books and hosting the Distraction podcast. He has authored 20 books on various psychological topics, including ADHD (and the 1994 Driven to Distraction that sparked a revolution in our understanding of ADHD), the power of human connection, the childhood roots of adult happiness, how to help your people SHINE, forgiveness, managing worry and managing your “crazy busy” lives.
His Memoir, Because I Come From A Crazy Family The Making Of A Psychiatrist was released June 12, 2018. It tells the often strange story of a childhood marked by what he calls the “WASP triad” of alcoholism, mental illness, and politeness, and explores the wild wish, surging beneath his incredible ambition, that he could have saved his own family of drunk, crazy, and well-intentioned eccentrics, and himself.
As the host of the weekly DISTRACTION podcast, he explores why we are driven to distraction, how to better connect with others and how each of us can implement strategies that can turn modern problems into new-found strengths. Since 2006, the Dr. Hallowell’s ADHD Family Summer Camp has been helping parents and youth ages 8-18 Unwrap the Gifts of ADHD. The dates for 2018 are July 15-20.
Learn more and at drhallowell.com, follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Youtube, and sign up for his free monthly e-newsletter by texting drhallowell to 22828.
Long Version:
Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D., is a thought leader, a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, a NY Times bestselling author, a world-renowned keynote speaker and a leading authority in the field of ADHD. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical School, and the Founder of The Hallowell Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. He was a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty from 1983 until he retired from academics in 2004 to devote his full professional attention to his clinical practice, lectures, and the writing of books. He has authored 20 books on various psychological topics, including attention deficit disorder, the power of the human connection, the childhood roots of happiness , methods of forgiving others, controlling worry and managing excessive busyness.
Dr. Hallowell is a highly recognized International speaker and has presented to thousands on topics such as ADHD, strategies on handling your fast-paced life, the Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness and other pertinent family and health issues. He has been featured on 20/20, 60 Minutes, Oprah, PBS, CNN, The Today Show, Dateline, Good Morning America, The Jane Pauley Show, The View and many more. He has been interviewed for The New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek, Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, USA Weekend, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe and many, many more. He is a regular columnist for ADDitude Magazine.
In March, 2016, Dr. Hallowell began hosting, “DISTRACTION,” a weekly podcast series to guide you through this crazy busy world. Distraction explores how we are driven to distraction and offers coping strategies to turn modern problems into new-found strengths.
Dr. Hallowell’s Memoir, “Because I Come From A Crazy Family The Making Of A Psychiatrist” was released June 12, 2018. Because I Come from a Crazy Family, tells the often strange story of a childhood marked by what he calls the “WASP triad” of alcoholism, mental illness, and politeness, and explores the wild wish, surging beneath his incredible ambition, that he could have saved his own family of drunk, crazy, and well-intentioned eccentrics, and himself.
Dr. Hallowell’s book Driven to Distraction at Work identifies the underlying reasons why people really lose their ability to focus at work—where many of today’s adults feel distracted and unproductive. He explains why commonly offered solutions like “learn to manage your time better” or “make a to-do list” just don’t work because they don’t address the deeper, underlying issues of mental distraction at play.
In Dr. Hallowell’s book MARRIED TO DISTRACTION: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption, he teams up with his wife, Sue George Hallowell, a couples’ therapist, to explain the subtle but dangerous toll today’s overstretched, under nurtured lifestyle takes on our most intimate relationship. The good news is that there are straightforward and effective ways to maneuver your marriage out of the destructive roadblocks created by the avalanche of busy living.
Dr. Hallowell’s book with Dr. Peter Jensen, SUPERPARENTING FOR ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child, explains how easily the gifts of this condition are lost on a child amid negative comments from doctors, teachers, and even loving but frustrated parents. He has long argued that ADD is too often misunderstood, mistreated, and mislabeled as a “disability.” Both Drs. Hallowell and Jensen recognize the real and everyday challenges at home and at school facing parents of an ADD child. Their book shows you how to unwrap the wonderful, surprising gifts of ADD and turn what is too often labeled a lifelong disability into a lifelong blessing.
Dr. Hallowell observes that people who do not have ADHD still often show many of its symptoms due to lives that are so busy that they overload their brains. He has explored this phenomenon as it affects business in an article published in The Harvard Business Review entitled, Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform. These same focus, attention and brain management issues are the topic of his wider-ranging book, CrazyBusy: Overbooked, Overstretched, and about to Snap. In it he explores how the pace of modern life has induced brain overload to the point where our entire society is suffering from culturally-induced ADD. This state of constant frenzy saps us of our creativity, humanity, mental well-being and the ability to focus on what truly matters. “CrazyBusy” then provides a step-by-step approach to unsnarling busy lives and moving to a calmer, more fulfilling life that is focused on our own priorities.
In 1994 Dr. Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey introduced the public to ADHD when they co-authored the New York Times best seller Driven to Distraction (Pantheon) and the accompanying Answers to Distraction (Pantheon, 1995). “Driven” has sold more than a million copies and is considered a “must read” for those interested in finding out about life with ADHD. The two authors published an ADHD update, Delivered From Distraction (Ballantine) in 2005 that spends more time on adults with ADHD and provides timely information on both medicinal and non-medicinal treatments. Dr. Hallowell posits that ADHD is “a gift that is hard to unwrap” rather than a disorder, and his positive approach has helped millions see the good side of ADHD.
Strong parenting is also a theme about which Dr. Hallowell is passionate. He speaks frequently on the topic and his book, The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy (Ballantine, 2002), provides parents with concrete detail about how to create the kind of a childhood that will most likely lead to a happy and satisfying adulthood. The book is based on extensive research and empirical data, but it is written in a conversational, anecdotal tone. The book is a warm and lively celebration of childhood, as well as a guide to creating the kind of childhood that children really need.
His other books on parenting includes When You Worry About The Child You Love, (Simon & Schuster, 1996) and Finding the Heart of the Child (National Association of Independent Schools, 1997 with Michael Thompson, Ph.D.) As a fun way to help adults and kids talk about how every person is different, Dr. Hallowell published his first children’s book in 2004, A Walk in the Rain with a Brain (Regan Books/Harper Collins). It conveys the message, “No brain is the same. No brain is the best. Each brain finds its own special way.”
In his medical practice, Dr. Hallowell helps adults, as well as children, learn how to lead healthy, happy lives. He agrees with the research that suggests that connection and forgiveness have great power to shape our lives for the positive. Connect: 12 Vital Ties that Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life and Deepen Your Soul (Pantheon, 1999 and Pocket, 2000), focuses on the power of the various connections people make in life. The 12 different kinds of connection that Dr. Hallowell outlines in this book provide a roadmap to a satisfying and healthy life. Dr. Hallowell continues the theme of connection by exploring it in the business world in The Human Moment at Work, which was published in The Harvard Business Review in 1999 and in Human Moments: How to Find Meaning and Love in Your Everyday Life (Health Communications, 2001).
Dare to Forgive, (Health Communications, 2004), shows that the ability to forgive is a strength that it is essential to a person’s well being. The book explains why forgiveness is one of the best things you can do to heal your body and mind. It also offers a practical, four part plan for learning the art of forgiveness.
Finally, Worry: Hope and Help for a Common Problem, (Pantheon,1997 and Ballantine, 1999), looks at worry in both its constructive and destructive forms. Like many of Dr. Hallowell’s books, it gives practical advice about improving your life – in this case about how to control toxic worry. From the underachiever who can’t get going because of his worrying, to the person who fears speaking in public, to the many people who have undiagnosed anxiety disorders, many find this book a godsend. It describes the host of different patterns destructive worry can take and also what a person can do to help turn chronic worry into a positive force in your life.
Dr. Hallowell lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, and their three children, Lucy, Jack and Tucker. His greatest love is spending time with them, doing whatever they want to do.
Hallowell, Edward M.: BECAUSE I COME FROM A CRAZY FAMILY
Quoted in Sidelights: “For the most part, Hallowell is a generous and lively storyteller, and he shares inspiring insights into his family and the patients he has treated,” “an affectionate, well-meaning memoir.”
Kirkus Reviews. (Apr. 15, 2018):
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Hallowell, Edward M. BECAUSE I COME FROM A CRAZY FAMILY Bloomsbury (Adult Nonfiction) $28.00 6, 12 ISBN: 978-1-63286-858-9
A psychiatrist reflects on his childhood and the family members who struggled with mental health issues.
In this sympathetic memoir, psychiatrist Hallowell (CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD, 2006, etc.) creates a memorable portrait of his younger self in relation to the colorful and often troubled family members who influenced his personal and professional development, several of whom dealt with alcoholism and/or mental illness, including both his parents and one of his brothers. A defining event of his early childhood occurred after his parents divorced and his mother remarried a charming but unstable man who had a violent drinking problem that surfaced after they moved from their familiar Cape Cod home to North Carolina. Though traumatized by this disruption within his family, Hallowell had the good fortune and family means to attend private boarding schools, where he excelled in his studies and expanded his social life. Through continued effort, he went on to attend medical school. In the latter portion of the narrative, the author touched on his internships and eventual practice, devoting much attention to stories of his patients. For the most part, Hallowell is a generous and lively storyteller, and he shares inspiring insights into his family and the patients he has treated. Yet he is surprisingly less forthcoming about tackling his own issues or feelings. "The price I paid is that I carry a lot of sadness inside me," he writes. "But that also gives me a deeper understanding of other people's sadness that lectures and books can't provide." His narrative lacks a driving momentum or evolving tension to grab readers' imaginations. Compared to other writers whose memoirs address similar issues of familial dysfunction--Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff come to mind--Hallowell's approach feels passive. He has a warm, reassuring voice, but readers may feel that there wasn't enough at stake.
An affectionate, well-meaning memoir of how a psychiatrist gained empathy through his family's troubled lives.
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"Hallowell, Edward M.: BECAUSE I COME FROM A CRAZY FAMILY." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Apr. 2018. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A534374983/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=fe6e8eda. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Because I Come from a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist
Quoted in Sidelights: “moves too quickly,” “is earnest in his assessments about his search for his life’s calling.”
Publishers Weekly. 265.4 (Jan. 22, 2018): p71+.
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Because I Come from a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist
Edward M. Hallowell. Bloomsbury, $28
(416p) ISBN 978-1-63286-858-9
Psychiatrist Hallowell (Driven to Distraction) handily illustrates in this entertaining memoir the adage that people go into psychiatry because they' want to understand themselves and their families. Hallowell grew up in the Boston area in a family afflicted by the "triad of alcoholism, politesse, and mental illness." His father, who was later diagnosed as bipolar, wasn't the same after he returned from WWII with PTSD, his mother was an alcoholic, and his brother suffered from bipolar disorder and alcoholism. Hallowell fondly recalls studying at Exeter, where he embraced creative writing and developed a love of literature; his heady days at Harvard; and his years in medical school at Tulane. After he decided to specialize in child psychiatry, he learned about ADD and eventually established himself as an expert in the disorder. Hallowed asserts that he works on himself morally and spiritually and believes that he has achieved a "fairly good outcome as far as character is concerned." While the narrative moves too quickly at times, Hallowed is earnest in his assessments about his search for his life's calling. (June)
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"Because I Come from a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist." Publishers Weekly, 22 Jan. 2018, p. 71+. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A525839812/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=0c53df95. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Hallowell, Edward M. Driven to Distraction at Work: How To Focus and Be More Productive
Susan Hurst
Library Journal. 139.20 (Dec. 1, 2014): p112.
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Hallowell, Edward M. Driven to Distraction at Work: How To Focus and Be More Productive. Harvard Business Review. Jan. 2015.256p. notes, index. ISBN 9781422186411. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781422186428. CAREERS
Not enough time, overwhelmed, too many distractions--sound familiar? If you can make the time to read it, this new work may have some techniques to assuage the chaos. Hallowell, a psychiatrist who has previously written similar books focused on those living with ADD and ADHD (e.g., coauthor, Delivered from Distraction), has now turned his attention to the broader world of the workplace. In a conversational style, using composite characters and scenarios as examples, he examines six common issues, including electronic distractions, problems with multitasking, anxiety, "idea hopping," underachieving, and being a "hero." Once these are laid out, the author provides practical ways to address them. His suggestions, while not exacdy new (exercise, meditation, structuring your workday, connecting with those around you, thinking more positively, etc.), seem doable, unlike so many in similar offerings. VERDICT A useful book, focusing on issues most of us face daily. Recommended for public libraries and those with significant self-help or business/career collections.--Susan Hurst, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, OH
Hurst, Susan
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Hurst, Susan. "Hallowell, Edward M. Driven to Distraction at Work: How To Focus and Be More Productive." Library Journal, 1 Dec. 2014, p. 112. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A392478196/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=5d57ffa3. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Corman, Catherine A. and Hallowell, Edward M. Positively ADD: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams
Lynn Rutan
Booklist. 102.19-20 (June 1, 2006): p54+.
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Corman, Catherine A. and Hallowell, Edward M. Positively ADD: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams. June 2006. 176p. illus. Walker, $16.95 (0-80278988-9). 616.85.
Gr. 7-10. "You're like a toaster! You just pop up all the time." James Carville remembers his mother's exasperated comment in this inspiring book, which profiles 17 adults who began dealing with attention deficit disorder in childhood. Along with political strategist Carville, subjects include a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, a major league pitcher, and a young Rhodes scholar. If their life paths are diverse, their stories of struggle and miserable school days are strikingly similar. The authors, parents of ADD children, wanted to write a book about "real people who have struggled with ADD and won the match." Without sugarcoating the problems, their positive book presents concrete advice from happy, successful adults. The text is well designed for readers with ADD; short chapters are broken into sections delineated by lively headings that are printed in boldface type. A list of resources and an informative question-and-answer section round out an encouraging, helpful book for teens with ADD as well as for their parents, teachers, and friends.--Lynn Rutan
Rutan, Lynn
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Rutan, Lynn. "Corman, Catherine A. and Hallowell, Edward M. Positively ADD: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams." Booklist, 1 June 2006, p. 54+. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A147523310/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=78d58c63. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Hallowell, Edward M. CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About To Snap--Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD
Maryse Breton
Library Journal. 131.5 (Mar. 15, 2006): p86+.
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Hallowell, Edward M. CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About To Snap--Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD. Ballantine. Mar. 2006. c.230p. ISBN 0-345-48243-3. $24.95. PSYCH
Psychiatrist Hallowell (Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder), himself an ADD sufferer, muses on the fact that today's world looks like an ADD world, with people having shorter attention spans, lacking focus, and getting easily distracted by all the surrounding technologies. To regain control of one's life, Hallowell suggests eliminating activities or relationships that demand too much time and effort for what they are worth, doing what matters most in one's life, eliminating clutter, reconnecting with others, and finding one's own rhythm. All this so that menial activities can be executed without thinking, leaving the brain free for creativity. While he makes many great observations (e.g., "Labor-saving devices thus create more labor"), more than 100 pages pass before Hallowell finally arrives at the crux of his book: his actual solutions and principles. Nonetheless, this essay is a good starting point for thinking about technology and information overload in today's world. For a more complex analysis, refer to Malcolm Gladwell's Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. An optional purchase for public libraries.--Maryse Breton, Baldwin P.L., Birmingham, MI
Breton, Maryse
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Breton, Maryse. "Hallowell, Edward M. CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About To Snap--Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD." Library Journal, 15 Mar. 2006, p. 86+. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A143579626/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=958b4224. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Hallowell, Edward M., M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D. Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
Dale Farris
Library Journal. 129.19 (Nov. 15, 2004): p77.
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HALLOWELL, EDWARD M., M.D. & JOHN J. RATEY, M.D. Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder. c.416p, index. ISBN 0-345-44230-X. $25.95.
* POLIS, BEN. Only a Mother Could Love Him: My Life with and Triumph over ADD. c.208p. ISBN 0-345-47188-1. $22.95. ea. Vol. Ballantine. Dec. 2004. PSYCH
Here are two different but successful takes on attention deficit disorder (ADD). Psychiatrists Hallowell and Kathy (Harvard Medical Sch.) follow up their successful Driven to Distraction, which dispelled myths about ADD, with this comprehensive guide to living a successful life with ADD. The authors cover new medications; dietary and nutritional suggestions; approaches to diagnosis, including quantitative electroencephalography and single proton emission computerized tomography; and understanding of the characteristics of ADD.A concise Q&A chapter on the basics of ADD is followed by reader-friendly sections organized around actual stories of patients with ADD who have all been successfully treated by the authors. The authors' professional clinical background is further enhanced by their firsthand experience with ADD, which results in an important contribution to ADD collections in all libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ9/1/04.]
Only 19 when he wrote this book, which was first self-published in Australia in 2003, Polls has lived with ADD all his life. In his distinctive writing style, he shares what it's really like inside the mind of a child/adolescent with ADD and provides encouragement for parents and educators who strive daily to reach children and adolescents with ADD. Through his great determination and use of self-taught concentration techniques, along with timely intervention by the right medical team, the author managed to complete high school, attend university; and create this remarkable firsthand account. Polis's youthful perspective is a significant contribution to the growing ADD literature and includes a foreword by Edward M. Hallowell (see review of Delivered from Distraction, above); highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 9/1/04.]--Dale Farris, Groves, TX
Farris, Dale
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Farris, Dale. "Hallowell, Edward M., M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D. Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder." Library Journal, 15 Nov. 2004, p. 77. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A125488492/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=d1663e11. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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A Walk in the Rain With a Brain
Publishers Weekly. 251.46 (Nov. 15, 2004): p59.
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A WALK IN THE RAIN WITH A BRAIN EDWARD M. HALLOWELL, M.D., ILLUS. BY BILL MAYER. HarperCollins/ReganBooks, $16.95 ISBN 0-06-000731-1
Psychiatrist Hallowell (Driven to Distraction) attempts to impart a worthwhile if well-worn message in rhyming couplets. Unfortunately the story's hokey and jarring delivery significantly diminishes the impact of the moral, as does the garish artwork. Walking in the rain, Lucy encounters a bug-eyed creature who "look[s] like a lump of cold smoke" and says, "Hello, little girl, I'm a brain,/ And I'm stuck out here in the rain./Manfred's my name, for short it's just Fred,/And I fear that I've just lost my head." As the two go in search of Fred's missing body part, the child asks the brain to make her smart and "Fred said with a start,/'Everyone's smart!/You just need to find out at what!'" He then launches into a rambling tale about a brain named Complain who coined the word "smart," equating "smart" with "best." Finally a brain called Tru counters Complain's claim, announcing, "No brain is the best!/ .../ What we need to do is explore and find all our talents galore!" Just before an eerie scene in which Fred "dive[s] into his head" to end the tale, he echoes this sentiment in equally vapid terms: "No brain is the same, no brain is the best,/Each brain finds its own special way." Mayer's depiction of the brain characters does not differentiate among them, and the girl's nearly featureless face may creep out some youngsters. His sterile compositions do little to enliven the narrative. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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"A Walk in the Rain With a Brain." Publishers Weekly, 15 Nov. 2004, p. 59. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A125148738/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=00305e79. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Dare to Forgive
Publishers Weekly. 251.4 (Jan. 26, 2004): p242.
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EDWARD M. HALLOWELL, Health Communications, $19.95 (224p) ISBN 0-7573-0010-3
Before explaining how to forgive, psychologist Hallowell (Connect: 12 Vital Ties that Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life, and Deepen Your Soul) argues that the act of forgiving benefits the person who has been wronged even more than the offender, somewhat in contrast with Janis Abrahms Spring's recent How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To. In addition to physical advantages, like lower blood pressure or a stronger immune system, letting go of anger and the desire for revenge results in emotional growth and a higher degree of happiness. In this very compassionate self-help book, laced with examples from the author's personal and professional life, Hallowell presents a detailed, four-step process for achieving true forgiveness: feel the pain of being wronged; relive and reflect on this pain; work through the anger and resentment: and, finally, renounce the anger and move forward. To facilitate these stages, the author recommends first forgiving yourself for wrongful acts you have committed against others. In insightful chapters that do not minimize the difficulties inherent in the process, Hallowell discusses the nuts and bolts of many kinds of forgiveness, including "everyday forgiveness" (e.g., someone who cuts in front of you on line), "forgiving your ex" and "forgiving a betrayer." His arguments about the value of forgiveness in individual situations are fairly convincing and are made more compelling by the well-rendered anecdotes that accompany them. Hallowell also theorizes, optimistically, that an embrace of forgiveness on a global level is the road to international progress and world peace. (Mar.)
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"Dare to Forgive." Publishers Weekly, 26 Jan. 2004, p. 242. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A112726289/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=2d0267af. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Hallowell, Edward M. The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy
Quoted in Sidelights: “practical suggestions” “a useful resource for parents and educators.”
Vanessa Bush
Booklist. 99.2 (Sept. 15, 2002): p188.
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Oct. 2002. 256p. Ballantine, $22.95 (0-345-44232-6). 649.
Hallowell, a psychiatrist, offers a five-step program to help parents increase the likelihood that their children will enjoy childhood and grow into productive and happy adults. Using interviews with parents, educators, pediatricians, psychiatrists, social workers, and children of all ages, Hallowell explores the "roots of joy." He asks basic questions of parents regarding their aspirations for their children and advises parents to look back on their own childhood, recalling positive and negative memories and taking lessons from them. Separate chapters address each of the five steps--each step leading into the next--of connection, play, practice, mastery, and recognition. Using case studies and vignettes, Hallowell emphasizes teaching children to deal with adversity and develop self-esteem and the ability to create and sustain joy, supplementing his advice with practical suggestions to implement the five-step plan in daily life. A useful resource for parents and educators.
Bush, Vanessa
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Bush, Vanessa. "Hallowell, Edward M. The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy." Booklist, 15 Sept. 2002, p. 188. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A92614419/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=e9893a11. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy. (Lifestyle: Parenting)
Quoted in Sidelights: “Though occasionally overly sentimental, Hallowell’s heartfelt message is essential for our fast-paced, electronic age,”
Publishers Weekly. 249.31 (Aug. 5, 2002): p70.
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EDWARD M. HALLOWELL. Ballantine, $22.95 (256p) ISBN 0-345-44232-6
Hallowell (Driven to Distraction) provides a refreshing look at what children really need in order to grow up to be happy adults. Hallowell argues that kids do not need straight As, a crammed schedule of extracurricular activities or even a traditional family in order to become contented adults. What children really need, according to the author, are unconditional love from someone (not necessarily a parent) and the opportunity to revel in the magic and play of childhood. Kids do not need perfect lives, and learn from adversity and failure, but for the best chance of future happiness, Hallowell says, they need five basic tenets: to feel connected, to play, to practice, attain mastery and receive recognition. It's easy to get caught up in the "great riptide that sucks kids out of childhood and into an achievement fast lane as early as nursery school," Hallowell warns. Instead, he says, parents should focus on social/emotional health and happiness, creating an environment in which kids are free to "develop the muscles of confidence, optimism and hope." Drawing upon the research of optimist expert Martin Seligman, happiness researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and others, the author offers a solid case for establishing joyful childhood roots that form the basis of adult contentment, Though occasionally overly sentimental, Hallowell's heartfelt message is essential for our fast-paced, electronic age, reminding parents and children alike to slow down, enjoy life and learn to play well. (Oct.) Forecast: The publisher plans a solid media package, including an 8-city author tour, but Hallowell's name alone will boost sales.
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"The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy. (Lifestyle: Parenting)." Publishers Weekly, 5 Aug. 2002, p. 70. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A90468914/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=f4af03bc. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Hallowell, Edward M., M.D. The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps To Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy
Quoted in Sidelights: “provides useful, up-to-date information,” “speaks as if everyone has attended an Ivy League school.”
Alice Hershiser
Library Journal. 127.13 (Aug. 2002): p132+.
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Ballantine. Oct. 2002. c.256p. ISBN 0-345-44232-6. $22.95. CHILD REARING
Hallowell (Harvard Medical Sch.) here aims to help parents give children the tools needed to achieve happiness. Though he provides useful, up-to-date information backed by quotes from many books and research studies, readers may resist his socioeconomic assumptions. Hallowell speaks as if everyone has attended an Ivy League school, for example. In addition, the vignettes used to illustrate various points often involve Hallowell's family, and it gets tiresome to read how terrific his children are. The absence of a bibliography is a further stumbling block. A much more accessible and easy-to-read book about raising happy children is Steve Biddulph's The Secret of Happy Children. Still, Hallowell's book may be requested because of his reputation and his previous publications, which include the popular Driven to Distraction, which addressed attention deficit disorder. Purchase this new book only where demand warrants.--Alice Hershiser, Reedville, VA
Hershiser, Alice
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Hershiser, Alice. "Hallowell, Edward M., M.D. The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps To Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy." Library Journal, Aug. 2002, p. 132+. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A90871219/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=a6440381. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Connect
Quoted in Sidelights: “will be useful for those who feel disconnected, disconcerted, and discontent.”
Yan Toma and Jessica Wolff
Library Journal. 124.17 (Oct. 15, 1999): p88.
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Hallowell, Edward M., M.D. Connect. Pantheon. 1999. 352p. index. LC 99-13082. ISBN 0-375-40357-4. $25. PSYCH
Hallowell (Driven to Distraction) urges readers to "make time for connectedness," which he alternately defines as having person-to-person interaction or being involved with something greater than oneself. He identifies "Twelve Points of Connection" (i.e., marriage, family, friends, work, beauty, the past, nature, pets, ideas and information, institutions, religious concerns, and self-knowledge) that can supply this grounding. Though a healthy individual need not be connected to all of these points, Hallowell asserts that some meaningful connection is required to promote longevity and personal happiness. This lengthy book, written in lay reader's terms, is packed with case histories and personal accounts intended to illustrate the power of connections. Hallowell is a crusader, with a tendency to sermonize, but his anecdotes are usually engaging, often amusing, and frequently moving. He concludes with a self-assessment quiz and "tips" to improve one's connectedness. This will be useful for those who feel disconnected, disconcerted, and discontent in a world where personal achievement has replaced personal relationships. Recommended for public libraries.
--Yan Toma & Jessica Wolff, Queens Borough P.L., Flushing, NY
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Toma, Yan, and Jessica Wolff. "Connect." Library Journal, 15 Oct. 1999, p. 88. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A57534623/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=978677d1. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Connect
Quoted in Sidelights: “This is not a touchy-feely sermon but a practical and appealing advisor.”
William Beatty
Booklist. 96.1 (Sept. 1, 1999): p34.
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Hallowell, Edward M. Connect. Sept. 1999. 352p. index. Pantheon, $25 (0-375-40357-4). DDC: 158.2
"Connection is an essential vitamin. You can't live without it." So says psychiatrist Hallowell, who concentrates on the "human moment," the time in which a person connects with a family member, a work colleague, or even himself. Drawing on his own disjointed, occasionally unhappy youth for illustration, Hallowell demonstrates how important knowing how to connect and having people to connect with is to reaching a stable and sympathetic maturity. He combines theory and practice in the presentation of a range of detailed case histories, and a perceptive sense of humor makes his experiences and words of wisdom easy to absorb. Noting that today we are close electronically but far from each other personally, Hallowell lists 12 points of connection and expands on them chapter by chapter. They include the concept of beauty and that of opening up to remove the most pernicious learning disability, fear. This is not a touchy-feely sermon but a practical and appealing advisor.
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Beatty, William. "Connect." Booklist, 1 Sept. 1999, p. 34. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A55821733/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=42998296. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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CONNECT
Quoted in Sidelights: “may not be the first to identify the missing ingredient in many lives, but he can claim authority of a splendid articulation.”
Publishers Weekly. 246.29 (July 19, 1999): p172.
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Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Pantheon, $25 (352p) ISBN 0-375-40357-4
For enhancing life quality, Hallowell has deceptively simple advice: connect. If it's a sad commentary on our times that people need to be reminded of the value of, indeed the need for, fundamental human connection, the author of Worry and co-author of Driven to Distraction doesn't dwell on it. Instead, he demonstrates the powerful benefits of connection through highly personal stories of his own painful youth and such examples as a couple who weathered significant strains in their long-enduring marriage and the creative life of his lifelong friend Jonathan Galassi (Farrar, Straus & Giroux's editorial director). Urging return to the "human moment," which he describes as "people talking to one another in person with interest," he notes some causes of social disconnectedness, including the quest for personal freedom and, ironically, advanced communications technology. Despite his prestigious academic standing as a psychiatrist and lecturer at Harvard Medical School, Hallowell's style is easy and will be especia lly appealing to baby boomers searching for meaning and balance. Recognizing that individuals vary in the number and depth of their connections, he identifies many potential sources: family, both of origin and created; friends and community; one's work or mission; beauty; music, art, literature and ideas; the past; nature and pets; institutions, oneself and one's belief system. Two slim, concluding chapters suggest ways to examine and enhance one's own connections, but reinforcement is hardly needed after absorbing Hallowell's wise lessons. He may not be the first to identify the missing ingredient in many lives, but he can claim authority of a splendid articulation in this book. Agent, Jill Kneerim of the Palmer & Dodge Agency. 12-city tour; 20-city radio satellite tour; PBS one-hour special. (Sept.)
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
"CONNECT." Publishers Weekly, 19 July 1999, p. 172. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A55262785/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=03bfe275. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely
Quoted in Sidelights: “In a voice both authoritative and compassionate, Hallowell thoroughly explores a topic that touches nearly everyone,”
Publishers Weekly. 244.39 (Sept. 22, 1997): p63.
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Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Pantheon, $26 (352p) ISBN 0-679-44237-5
Noting that "not all worry is bad," Hallowell distinguishes between "wise worry that alerts you to real danger" and "unwise worry that serves no useful purpose and can hamper your life." In this engaging book, the Harvard Medical School senior lecturer and coauthor of Driven to Distraction examines "toxic" worry and its underlying causes and manifestations, and offers various means for getting back control. (Depression, panic disorders and a host of anxiety disorders can all result from uncurbed, undue forethought, he says.) Hallowell asserts that, due to genetic brain chemistry, some people are inherently prone to fear, anxiety and negative thinking, and cannot control excessive worry once it has taken hold of them. However, he also provides abundant information on a wide variety of alleviating treatments. Hallowell advises structure and organization ("planning instead of worrying"), exercise, adequate sleep, a healthy diet, controlled breathing, alcohol avoidance, talking, prayer or meditation and many other practices to be tried in combination with the many professional therapies and medications (such as Prozac) currently available. In a voice both authoritative and compassionate, Hallowell thoroughly explores a topic that touches nearly everyone in this age of anxiety. (Oct.)
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"Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely." Publishers Weekly, 22 Sept. 1997, p. 63. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A19788120/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=25ac70e8. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely
Quoted in Sidelights: “the book offers useful advice and entertaining stories.”
Kevin Grandfield
Booklist. 94.2 (Sept. 15, 1997): p191.
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Hallowell, Edward M. Oct. 1997. 352p. index. Pantheon, $26 (0-679-44237-5). DDC: 616.85.
Hallowell's basic equation is: increased vulnerability plus decreased power equals increased worry. He offers a quiz so one can assess one s own level of worry, then he gives advice on lowering it thinking positively, giving one's worry a name and identity, changing one's diet, developing positive friends, connecting more to community (family, work, etc.), and, above all, exercising. He believes medication often helps, though his examples from clinical practice sound facilely like parables. The writing is lively, but vocabulary ranges from the chic expression toxic to neurochemistry terminology. By explaining worry's biological basis, he hopes to stop worriers from heaping on self-criticism. He gives many examples of how worrying less leads people to happier lives and work, but he never addresses today's social, political, and economic realities that make worry so prevalent (as does, for example, psychologist lames Hillman). Perhaps voting is better advice than thinking good thoughts. Still, the book offers useful advice and entertaining stories, and readers can find something here to help them worry less.
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Grandfield, Kevin. "Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely." Booklist, 15 Sept. 1997, p. 191. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A19870363/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=3c9a245d. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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When You Worry About the Child You Love: Emotional and Learning Problems in Children
Publishers Weekly. 243.21 (May 20, 1996): p257.
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Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Simon & Schuster, $23 (288p) ISBN 0-684-80090-X
Hallowell (Driven to Distraction), a practicing child and adult psychiatrist who teaches at Harvard Medical School, aims to cast light on those dark times when what he calls "moral diagnoses" of a child's behavior--such as "'spoiled' or 'lazy' or 'manipulative' or 'incorrigible'"--"eclipse the light of the correct, medical diagnoses." A firm believer that "hidden biological elements shape the emotional life of children," he convincingly reminds parents "that many causes of childhood emotional problems are beyond their control and their children's." Authoritative examples and case studies illustrate his point of view. In such chapters as "Treatable Conditions Parents Should Learn to Recognize," Hallowell examines the initial symptom, e.g., rage attacks or episodic bouts of extreme anxiety, and offers "snapshots" of the complexity of what the child is actually feeling. He then provides "possible diagnosis" as well as tips on "At-home remedies" and a guide to professional treatment. While some readers may take issue with Hallowell's advocacy of drugs such as ritalin to deal with the physiological bases of mental illnesses, his compassionate, highly readable guide is an excellent resource for understanding the psychological factors in the life and behavior of young people. (June)
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"When You Worry About the Child You Love: Emotional and Learning Problems in Children." Publishers Weekly, 20 May 1996, p. 257. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A18304256/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=e6820471. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Driven to Distraction: Attention Deficit Disorder in Children and Adults
Virginia Dwyer
Booklist. 90.12 (Feb. 15, 1994): p1045.
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Hallowell, Edward M. and Ratey, John J. Mar 1994. 352p. index Pantheon, $24 (0-679-42177-7). Galley.
616.85'89 Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [CIP]
ADD is an unfamiliar acronym for a disorder with symptoms so common that their identification as a distinct mental function syndrome is recent. Driven to Distraction informs and elaborates on what is formally called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children but is also recognized and treated as an adult disorder. The authors display a detailed, reassuring familiarity with its many expressions, from daydreaming to out-of-control behavior, forgetfulness, and compulsiveness. Revealing characteristics in adult examples distinguish ADD from other diagnoses; and childhood ADD is described with convincing optimism. Ranging among pharmacology, neurology, biology, and clinical findings and personal and professional experience with much practical assistance, this is an absorbing look at current efforts to understand troubling and exasperating behaviors.
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Dwyer, Virginia. "Driven to Distraction: Attention Deficit Disorder in Children and Adults." Booklist, 15 Feb. 1994, p. 1045. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A15118772/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=4494912e. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Hallowell, Edward M. A Walk in the Rain with a Brain
Marianne Saccardi
School Library Journal. 51.1 (Jan. 2005): p94.
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HALLOWELL, Edward M. A Walk in the Rain with a Brain. illus. by Bill Mayer. 32p. Regan Bks. 2004. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-06-000731-1. LC number unavailable.
Gr 1-3--The message, that "no brain is the best,/Each brain finds its own special way," is a worthy one, but the didactic text doesn't work and the plot strains belief. A little girl, out for a walk in the rain, meets a brain named Fred who is looking for his head, and asks him to make her smart. He tells her that "smart" is only a word that a brain named Complain came up with so "some brains can role all the rest." Everyone, he insists, has a special talent that can be cultivated, and no one is better than anyone else. Having made his point, Fred then "dip[s] out of sight" into a head that just conveniently appears. The rhyming text doesn't always scan: "Fred then smiled up at me,/And said, 'Thank you/For bringing me home, Lucy.'" The illustrations, all large cartoon spreads, afford close-ups of the girl and Fred eye to eye, and when Complain is told "No brain is the best!/You are just an old pest!" his inflamed face is depicted over a spread, pupils crossed in their yellow orbs, huge teeth flashing in a grimace. Shadow illustrations of a dog chasing or fighting with a cat appear throughout. A lengthy discussion guide is provided for parents and teachers, and the information about how to nurture the brain with activity, nutrition, and exercise is fine. However, most youngsters' brains will not be engaged for long with this tale.--Marianne Saccardi, Norwalk Community College, CT
Saccardi, Marianne
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Saccardi, Marianne. "Hallowell, Edward M. A Walk in the Rain with a Brain." School Library Journal, Jan. 2005, p. 94. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A127432946/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=34ed8e55. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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Hallowell, Edward M.: A Walk in the Rain with a Brain
Nicole Vosper
Childhood Education. 82.1 (Fall 2005): p48+.
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Hallowell, Edward M. A WALK IN THE RAIN WITH A BRAIN. Il. by Bill Mayer. ISBN 0-06-000731-1. New York: Regan Books, 2004. Unp. 523.95. This is a story with a creative twist that educates young readers about what truly makes you unique. Hallowell uses this funny story to teach children to believe in themselves. Bill Mayer's vivid illustrations capture the reader's attention in this story about a girl named Lucy who meets Fred the brain, who is looking for his head. Lucy asks Fred to help make her smart. Fred tells a tale about when brains used to compete until they realized that no one person was the best because everyone has a special talent. Readers will learn that they all need to find activities that they enjoy in order to reach their own potential. Ages 5+. Reviewed by Nicole Vosper, Peel District School Board, Ontario
Vosper, Nicole
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Vosper, Nicole. "Hallowell, Edward M.: A Walk in the Rain with a Brain." Childhood Education, vol. 82, no. 1, 2005, p. 48+. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A138142263/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=04d1a87f. Accessed 22 Sept. 2018.
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