As a former Harvard Medical School faculty member who has ADHD himself, Dr. Hallowell pioneered the modern, strength-based approach to neurodiversity. We brought his empathetic, evidence-based strategies directly to HumanUp for parents navigating ADHD and focus challenges.
Edward “Ned” Hallowell, MD, is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist and one of the world’s best-known authorities on ADHD. He earned his BA from Harvard and his MD from Tulane, then spent more than two decades on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.
As someone with ADHD and dyslexia himself, Ned brings empathy and lived experience to his strength-based approach. He founded the Hallowell ADHD Centers, where teams support children, teens, and adults with evidence-based care.
Ned is also a New York Times bestselling author and a sought-after voice on ADHD, neurodiversity, and thriving with attention differences.
ADHD and focus (Primary)
ADHD Explained: Your Tool Kit to Understanding and Thriving (2023)
ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction (2021)
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder (1994)
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder (2005)
Answers to Distraction (2010)
Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child (2010)
Married to Distraction (2011)
Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive (2015)
Additional Selected Books
Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely (1997)
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness (2003)
A Walk in the Rain With a Brain (2004)
Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go and Moving On (2006)
CrazyBusy (2007)
Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People (2011)
Because I Come From a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist (2018)
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