BOOK RECOMMENDATION:
THE DSYLOGIC SYNDROME

Crime Times highly recommends the book The Dyslogic Syndrome, by the late Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, available through Amazon).

A few excerpts:

“Many [dyslogical] children are labeled ‘hyperactive’ or ‘attention-disordered.’ Some are labeled ‘conduct disordered.’ Some are labeled ‘oppositional.’ Thousands are labeled ‘depressed’ or ‘bipolar.’ And many are simply dismissed as hopelessly warped or evil. They struggle at school, they struggle through life, and in their wake they leave a trail of misery—of disrupted and saddened lives. But it’s not truly their fault, and it’s rarely their parents’ fault."

“In fact, the parents of these children are often nothing short of heroic. They battle ceaselessly to find help for their sons and daughters, only to find blame where they expected to find hope.”

“As a researcher who has spent many decades studying the problem, I believe that most people trying to deal with dyslogical behavior are on the wrong track. By focusing almost exclusively on presumed psychological causes, these well-intentioned counselors, doctors, teachers, and social workers ignore a vast and growing body of scientific evidence showing that the problems of difficult or dangerous people stem largely, and perhaps in some cases totally, from biological malfunctions of their brains.”

“When the lungs don’t work properly, emphysema or respiratory failure results. When the brain doesn’t work properly, dyslogical thinking results. The brain is the root of all behavior and emotion, and when it is flawed, the thoughts and actions it produces are flawed—often dangerously.”