The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child

摘要: Foreword by Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D Acknowledgments Introduction: A New View for Our Children Genetics and Differences * 1993: The Hunter Gene Distractibility Impulsivity Risk-Taking Where Have All the Hunters Gone? Indigenous Today Agricultural Revolution Society's Edison Crisis-Survival Before Holocene Adapted to Adversity Change Part 1: Past 1. World of Edison-Gene Child Ancient Salt Pump Great Ice Age Heated Conveyor Belt 2. Dawn Civilization What Made Us Human? Bacteria That Took Over Human Bottleneck 3. Three Ways Humans Were Killed Off Weather Warming Sun Vulcan's Hammer Survivors: AIDS Chimps Black Plague Creativity Saves Day ADHD Beads: Clue First Edisons 2: Present 4. Anatomy a Diagnosis How Are Different They Disordered? Anthropology Meets Psychology From Inventors 5. Mystery Novelty-Seeking Behavior "Novelty Gene" Novelty 6. Genes Move Around Turn On Turning on Codominant Characteristics 7. Other Influences Neurotransmitters Personality Reasons Genetic Variations Culture 8. Scientists Find "Adaptive" But Some Say It's Disease Is It Disorder? Seeking 9. Time Machine News Hits Streets Democracy 10. Brain Development Sense Self Process that Mirrors Evolution Reptilian Limbic "New" Unique Prefrontal Develops After Birth, Too Pruning Impact Stress in Birth Period Toddler Early Childhood Teenage Adult Years Memory Stages Intuition versus Information Loss Tragedy Lost Potential Invasion Lizard People? We Stuck Loop? Triggering Events Raising Fully Schools May Be Key School as Torture Condemnation Work Comorbidities Applying Breaking Loop Offering Story 11. Gene, Drugs, Exercise, Nutrition Nutritional Deficiencies Rampant Environmental Toxins Nutriceuticals Yerba Mate: Nature's Ritalin Drugs Medications Bite Back Burning Out Cells? Do Help Long Term? Play EEG Neurofeedback Exercise: Optimal "Treatment"? 12. Providing Discipline Structure Nurturing Reward/Punishment Inclusion/Interdependence Separating Person from Break Pattern with Positive Message Watch Islands Success Importance Mastery Television 13. Alfred Adler's Principles Promote Mutual Respect Encourage Foster Security Avoid Reward Punishment Use Natural Logical Consequences Act Instead Talk Conflict Situations Withdrawal Counteraction Withdraw Provocation, Not Don't Interfere Children's Fights Fighting Requires Cooperation Take Teach Essential Skills Habits Never He Can Himself Overprotect Being Overly Responsible Distinguish Between Negative Attention Understand Child's Goal Habit Maintained If Achieves Its Purpose Minimize Mistakes Try Family Council Fun Together 14. Educating Learned Helplessness Reframing Identity = Learning Government Studies Pronounce Medication Ignored Environment Study Proved Doesn't Improve Makes Teachers Happy Lighting Fire Education Testing Corporations Modern Came About German Come America American Catholic Problem Backlash Against Authoritarian Model Public Maria Montessori Rudolf Steiner Free Alternative Homeschooling Internet Schooling Socialization? Why Works through College Mentor or Coach 15. Girls Women Good Girl Cinderella Hostile Cultural Barriers Programming Expectations Healing Wounds 16. Spirituality Mystics Hunter's Reality Dreams Dreaming Natives Know Understanding Real Wild People Tame True Wisdom When Access Personal is 3: Future 17. Glimmers Causes Culture? Biology Primal Cultures Selection 18. Finally Over? As Gets We're Going Downhill Fault Those ADHD! Standing Still? Distant 19. One Generation Save Climate Flip-Flops Next Global-Warming Afterword: Yesterday's Janie Bowman Notes Index