ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer’s World

Thom Hartmann is the host of the nationally and internationally syndicated talkshow The Thom Hartmann Program and the TV show The Big Picture on the Free Speech TV network. He is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of 24 books, including Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception, ADHD and the Edison Gene, and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, which inspired Leonardo DiCaprio’s film The 11th Hour. A former psychotherapist and founder of the Hunter School, a residential and day school for children with ADHD, he lives in Washington, D.C.

A newly revised and updated edition of the classic guide to reframing our view of ADHD and embracing its benefits

FOREWORD Re-affirming the Value of All Human Beings by Michael PopkinPREFACE From Minimal Brain Damage to Hyperactivity to ADHD INTRODUCTIONHunters and Farmers Twenty Years Later PART ONE UNDERSTANDING HUNTERS AND FARMERS ONE ADHD as a State of Mind TWO How to Recognize Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder THREE Hunters in Our Schools and Offices: The Origin of ADHD FOUR “Normal” People: The Origins of AgricultureFIVE Baseline States of Consciousness SIX Could Someone with ADHD Have Survivedin a Primitive Hunting Society? SEVEN Hunters and Farmers Vindicated by ScienceEIGHT What Maslow Overlooked: The Need to Feel Alive NINECan Parents’ Smoking Cause Childhood Behavior Problems?PART TWO LIVING AND THRIVING IN THE FARMER’S WORLD TEN How to Turn a “Disorder” Back into a Skill: A Survival Guide for ADHD Adults ELEVEN The Hunter’s Struggle: Impulse and Its Control TWELVE How to Work with a Hunter: Practical Advice for Managers, Parents, and Teachers THIRTEENStudying and Paying Attention FOURTEEN Creativity and ADHD: A Brilliant and Flexible Mind FIFTEEN ADHD and Sleep SIXTEEN Hunters on Drugs SEVENTEEN Halfway to the Stars:How Unrealized ADHD Can Limit an Apparently Successful Life EIGHTEEN A Disorganized Collection of “Hunter in a Farmer’s World” Anecdotes NINETEEN The Edison Trait: Hunters Who Have Changed the World EPILOGUE Older and Younger Cultures: Further Thoughts on Cultural Anthropology and Our Future AcknowledgmentsAFTERWORDA Legacy of Hope by Ellen B. Littman About the Authorby Dave deBronkart Also by Thom Hartmann Bibliography Index