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Edward M. "Ned" Hallowell (born 2 December 1949) is a child and adult psychiatrist who specialises in ADD and ADHD. He is the co-author of the books Driven to Distraction (1994) and Delivered From Distraction (2005).

Background

Hallowell grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.His background was troubled. His father suffered from Bipolar and had ECT. He was also traumatized by his experience in the Second World War. Hallowell's mother remarried to an abusive alcoholic.

Education

Hallowell is an alumnus of both Harvard and Phillips Exeter Academy, and received his medical degree from Tulane University Medical School.

ADHD

In 1981 Hallowell attended a lecture about psychiatry about children with ADHD and stated that he has the syndrome. He has not been diagnosed with it. For the next 10 years Hallowell diagnosed people with it using the Conner's Scale.

In an interview from 2012 Hallowell stated that ADHD appears in 15% of the population. despite the DSM claiming it is about 5%.

Drug Advocate

For many years Hallowell has stated that Concerta, Adderall and Ritalin and other ADHD drugs are “Incredibly and unbelievably safe” and “safer than aspirin” and are like "eye glasses" but refuses to take them for his own ADHD.

In 2012, Hallowell went on television in an advert with Ty Pennington and said "Undiagnosed, this condition can ruin your family life, ruin your school life. Among adults it leads to underachievement. The prison population is full of people with undiagnosed ADHD. The divorced, the unemployed, the addicted. It's a good news diagnosis because if you get it you can skyrocket. You can soar. You can achieve your goals. You might be a straight-A student. You may be a Nobel Peace Prize winner. But you know you could be doing better. Go and get this diagnosis. 80% of adults don't know they have it. Stimulants are very safe. See a doctor who knows what he or she is doing and it's safer than aspirin".

What Hallowell did not mention was that Pennington was being paid by Shire to promote stimulant drugs.

Hallowell is not paid by pharmaceutical companies to prescribe stimulant medication but for many years was a paid consultant to and spokesperson for McNeil Pediatrics, a company that makes Concerta.

On May 1, 2015, Hallowell declared the USA was violent because of ADHD.

Driven to Distraction

In Driven to Distraction, published in 1994, Hallowell claimed "ADHD has symptoms that include trouble concentrating, impulsivity, disorganization, procrastination and hyperactivity. Along with behavioral therapy, medication is good because it can improve adults' relationships, parenting skills, job performance, even their sex lives".

Hallowell said "ADHD, when treated properly, is not only "powerfully positive" but probably what made people like Albert Einstein, Edgar Allan Poe, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, John Irving and Henry Ford so special".

Personal life

Hallowell lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, a social worker, and their three children.

Sexual misconduct charge

In May 2015, Hallowell was charged with indecent assault on a make up artist on 20 October 2014. Hallowell was given pre-trial probation for a year in September 2015.

According to the case file, the victim stated by August 2015 that she no longer believes Hallowell should be prosecuted. Stating "Upon further reflection, I may have misconstrued Dr. Hallowell’s intention." The case was dismissed September 6, 2016.

Books

• Finding the Heart of the Child (1993)
• Driven to Distraction (1994)
• Answers to Distraction (1996)
• Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception (1997)
• A Walk in the Rain With a Brain (2004)
• When You Worry About The Child You Love (1997)
• Worry (1998)
• 12 Vital Ties That Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life, and Deepen Your Soul (1999)
• The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness (2003)
• Delivered from Distraction (2005)
• CrazyBusy (2006)

Television appearances

• Today (9/30/2005)
• Dr. Oz (10/19/2011)
• Dr. Phil (7/9/2009)

See also

• Adult attention-deficit disorder
• John Ratey

References

1. "Corrections". The New York Times. 25 November 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
2. ADHD Nation - Schwarz (2016).
3. "Dr. Dad Gives Thanks for Impossible Families". The New York Times. 25 November 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
4. ^ ADHD Nation - Alan Schwarz - 2016
5. http://www.montlanc.com/pdf/It_Really_Is_All_about_the_Child.pdf
6. Alan Schwarz - ADHD Nation (2016)
7. "Letter to the New York Times by Hallowell NYC". www.hallowellnyc.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
8. "ADHD – TheTLS". www.the-tls.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
9. Orange, Richard (10 November 2016). "ADHD Nation by Alan Schwarz review – investigating a £10bn industry". Retrieved 7 January 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
10. http://socialdeviance360.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/adhd-story-of-social-construction.html
11. http://www.mentorcoach.com/hallowell2015/
12. Driven to Distraction - Hallowell and Ratey - 1994.
13. "Meet Dr. Hallowell". Dr Hallowell ADHD and mental and cognitive health. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
14. Staff, Brittney McNamara/Daily News. "Police: Accused Sudbury doctor does not dispute victim's claims". Retrieved 7 January 2018.
15. ^ Staff, Brittney McNamara/Daily News. "Groping case against Sudbury doctor to be dismissed after probation". Retrieved 7 January 2018.
16. Staff, Brittney McNamara/Daily News. "Groping case against Sudbury doctor to be dismissed after probation". Retrieved 7 January 2018.
17. Wallis, Claudia (10 February 2006). "Getting Hyper About Ritalin". Time. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
18. Archer, Michelle (16 April 2006). "Too busy to read this book? Then you really need to". USA Today. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

External links

• http://www.drhallowell.com/

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder researchers
• Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
• Harvard University alumni
• Tulane University School of Medicine alumni
• Harvard Medical School faculty
• Living people
• American psychiatrists