In Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, physician Gabor Maté offers a compassionate, in-depth exploration of ADHD—not as a genetic defect or fixed disorder, but as a developmental response to stress, disconnection, and unmet emotional needs in early childhood. Drawing on both neuroscience and personal experience (he himself has ADHD), Maté argues that the condition stems from disruptions in attachment and attunement between parent and child during crucial de...