John J. Ratey, M.D.

John J. Ratey, M.D., is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has lectured extensively and published many articles on the topic of treating adults with ADD. Dr. Ratey is the author of A User's Guide to the Brain and the co-author of Driven to Distraction. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has a private practice.

Books
	Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood Once you catch on to what this syndrome is all about, you'll see it everywhere. People you used to think of as disorganized or manic or hyper or creative but unpredictable, people who you know could do more if they could just 'get it together,'
	A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain She was doing it again. That young woman who periodically showed up dressed in a Western shirt and kerchief was standing in front of the automatic sliding doors at the Safeway supermarket.
	Shadow Syndromes: The Mild Forms of Major Mental Disorders That Sabotage Us Neuropsychiatry is now discovering that a great deal of what we thought was due to (poor) upbringing in fact is heavily influenced by the genetics, structure, and neurochemistry of the brain.
	Answers to Distraction Q: Can you tell me in brief what I need to know about ADD? A: I can try. ADD is a neurological syndrome that is usually genetically transmitted. It is characterized by distractibility, impulsivity, and restlessness.
	Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder Most people who have ADD don't read books all the way through. It's not because they don't want to; it's because reading entire books is very difficult-sort of like singing an entire song in just one breath.