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Because I Come From A Crazy Family

Because I Come From A Crazy Family

The Making of A Psychiatrist

by Edward M. Hallowell
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/07/2018

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the classic book on ADD, Driven to Distraction, a memoir of the strange upbringing - marked by chaos, mental illness, and alcoholism - that shaped Dr. Edward Hallowell's celebrated career.

When Edward M. Hallowell was eleven, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, alcoholic mother, abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to mad and unpredictable behavior from those around him, and to a mind he felt he couldn't always control.

The voice turned out to be right. Now, 55 years later, Hallowell is a leading expert on attention disorders and the author of twenty books, including Driven to Distraction, the work that introduced ADHD to the world. In Because I Come From A Crazy Family, he reflects back on his childhood, marked by what he calls the “WASP triad” of alcoholism, mental illness, and politeness, and tells the story of how a family of drunk, crazy, preoccupied, and well-intentioned eccentrics led Ned to an inspiring and celebrated career as a psychiatrist. He explores the wild wish, surging beneath his incredible drive and ambition, that he could have saved his own father and mother, their troubled marriage, his siblings, and himself.

Because I Come From A Crazy Family is an affecting, at times harrowing, ultimately moving memoir about crazy families and where they can lead, and a coming-of-age story - of searching for and finding a safe place. Finally, it's a book about being called to the mental health profession, and the unending joys and challenges that come with helping people celebrate who they are.

ISBN:
9781632868589
9781632868589
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-07-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
416
Dimensions (mm):
235x155x36.58mm
Edward M. Hallowell

Edward Hallowell, M.D.,is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, a world-renowned keynote speaker, and theNew York Timesbestselling author or co-author of more than twenty books, includingDriven to Distraction(with John J. Ratey), which sparked a revolution in our understanding of ADHD. A graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical School, Dr. Hallowell was a Harvard Medical School faculty member for twenty-one years.

A regular columnist forADDitudemagazine, he is also the host of the weekly podcastDistraction. He is the founder of The Hallowell Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and their three children.

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