Today I am talking about a highly recommended work for all those families that seek answers, support and understanding of a disorder that is precisely largely unknown, belittled and misunderstood. "The book" You are not alone "is an interesting testimony about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The complete title of the work is "You are not alone. A hopeful testimony about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder", from Dome Books. Words testimony Y encouraging They give us the key to what we are going to find in the book, told in the first person, realistic and under the prism of optimism.
The authors, with whom we will have the opportunity to speak for Babies and more in short, they are María Jesús Ordóñez, a primary care pediatrician and Roberto Álvarez-Higuera, entrepreneur and editor, marriage and parents of a child diagnosed with ADHD.
In "You are not alone" The authors offer us their first-person experience, impregnated with an exhaustive scientific documentation in the course of each chapter, through a pleasant and colloquial narration of the events that marked and marked the life of a family with a member who suffers from ADHD.
The work shows (and appreciates) the experienced and conscious hand of a marriage that has lived through hard times, and that has insistently sought answers to their son's behavioral problems, but that, beyond sharing his experience They want to make us share their achievements. Hence the importance of the term encouraging.
An important nuance, given that the majority of people who face this problem often fall into despair and abandonment: this book brings hope to many parents who do not yet know that their children are suffering from ADHD. Thanks to this clarifying testimony they can identify and look for another diagnosis, other answers.
In addition, for children who are already diagnosed, the work also reminds us that ADHD has a highly effective medical treatment.
And, beyond the medical aspect of the disorder, "You are not alone" It also affects the emotional foundations that often collapse for people with ADHD and their families. They remind us that nobody is guilty, that we are not bad parents or they are bad children, that we are not alone.
They give a lot of importance to the children's self-esteem with the disorder, the understanding and love with which to face it, they talk about the school environment that conditions them, how we are facing a medical disorder despite the fact that their existence and In short, the best way to act when we have, first suspect, and then the confirmation of ADHD.
"You are not alone" content
Each chapter of "You are not alone" It narrates different aspects or stages in the experience, location and treatment of ADHD, which we remember is the most common neuropediatric pathology, present according to the WHO in 8% of the child population and 5% of the adult population.
These are the sections in which the book is divided, following the introductory texts and a brief review of the history of ADHD:
"There is light in the dark." In the first chapter, the authors explain the difficulties that the child with ADHD and their families encounter, but how with the correct diagnosis the light is finally seen. "The diagnosis involves turning on a light in the dark, it makes the solution possible."
"The long pilgrimage" refers to the hard road full of obstacles until the correct diagnosis of ADHD is reached.
"Eureka! I found it!" Describe what it means when it is discovered that a family member (or several) have the disorder.
"Trust in medicine" emphasizes the importance of drugs in treating neurological disorder.
"Reflected in a mirror" tells us how, when we know that our child has ADHD, we are seeing ourselves reflected, because it is a disorder with a strong hereditary component.
"A long way to go". Despite the relief and understanding of the diagnosis, there is a long way to achieve personal and social acceptance of the disorder.
"You are not alone" delves into the message of optimism that runs through the entire work, without denying the difficulties.
At the end of each chapter, basic concepts about the disorder are included, so the reading of experiences (not exempt from objective information) is complemented with technical information.
However, if we want to deepen on the subject (after all, we are facing an informative work that focuses on more experiential aspects) we must resort to the bibliography that is attached.
Precisely among the attached documents we find one of special relevance, the International Consensus on ADHD which a group of scientists arrived in 2002, coordinated by the prestigious expert Dr. Russell A. Barkley. It defines the definition and other basic concepts of the disorder.
Definitely, "You are not alone" is a recommendable testimony about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which will accompany many families after their simple reading to give them a message of encouragement.
"You are not alone" Books Dome 157 pages ISBN: 978-84-480-6859-3 16 euros
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