Gabor Maté
A Biopsychosocial View of Attention Deficit Disorder and other Childhood Developmental Disorders
Recorded Saturday 29 January 2022
With Dr Gabor Maté
CPD Credits: 2.5 hours
In his bestselling book Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté rejects the narrow genetic perspective. Instead, he proposes a biopsychosocial view. This has profound implications for the treatment of AD(H)D and related developmental disorders in both children and adults.
During this seminar, Gabor Maté will elaborate how the circuitry and physiology of the brain are affected by the environment, not only during critical periods of early childhood development but throughout the human lifetime.
READ MORE...Medications may be part of treatment, but they should not be the primary, and never the only line of treatment as symptom-control can actually undermine what should be the long-term goal: neurobiological and psychological development.
In this conversational presentation, Gabor – despite the fact that he has been diagnosed with ADD himself – will propose that while genetic predisposition may play a role, it is by no means decisive. Neurobiological research has clearly demonstrated that the development of the human brain is not genetically determined but is significantly influenced and shaped by the environment. An increase in societal and parental stress, affecting the developing, highly susceptible brains of infants, is responsible for the increasing number of cases now being diagnosed among children and adults. Nearly three million children in the US take stimulant medications for this condition, and the prevailing medical model of ADHD is that of an inheritable illness.
This event will run in a conversational style with Eugene Ellis as discussant-chair and will be interactive throughout.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits for 2.5 hours are available as part of the course fee. You will need to fill out an evaluation form and pass a multiple choice questionnaire related to the content in order to receive your certificate.
Access to the Talks On Demand runs for 365 days from the date of purchase.
FULL PROGRAMME
Part I
Gabor will consider the following topics:
1. How to recognize AD(H)D: symptoms and signs
2. The psychological/emotional characteristics of AD(H)D
3. How the human brain develops in interaction with the environment
Part II
4. Understanding the behaviours of the ADD child and adult
5. The uses, misuses, dangers and limitations of medications
6. The use and abuse of medications in treating AD(H)D
Part III
7. The AD(H)D student in the classroom
8. How to promote healthy development at any age