Victoria L. Dunckley, MD, is an award-winning integrative psychiatrist who has appeared as a mental health expert on such media outlets as the TODAY show, NBC Nightly News, and the Investigation Discovery network. In the past ten years, her Reset Program has helped more than five hundred children, teens, and young adults who failed to respond to conventional treatment alone. She lives and practices in Los Angeles.
"Impressively researched, eye-opening, and eminently practical,
Reset Your Child's Brain is an invaluable contribution to any
parent's library. Dr. Dunckley's plan is sure to provide relief to
a great many children -- and their families."
-- Craig Malkin, PhD, instructor in psychology, Harvard Medical
School, and author of Rethinking Narcissism "Readers will . . .
feel relieved to have such a helpful guide to teaching children
that there is more to life than staring at a screen."
-- Publishers Weekly "Dr. Victoria Dunckley has given every child
psychiatrist and pediatrician in America a wonderful gift. This
book gives us a tool to share with the parents of the millions of
children in the US who are agitated, unfocused, and out of control.
She also answers the question about why this problem has
accelerated in the last decade: it is screen-time, not a lack of
Ritalin. I completely agree with her premise and her interventions.
Thank you!"
-- Scott Shannon, MD, integrative child psychiatrist, past
president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine,
and author of Please Don't Label My Child "Many parents won't want
to hear this, but child psychiatrist Dunckley makes a compelling
case for an 'unrecognized disorder' she terms Electronic Screen
Syndrome (ESS). From kids who melt down without cause, refuse to
look people in the eye, are 'wired but tired, ' or otherwise just
hole up in their rooms all day, Dunckley's research identifies the
common thread of dysregulation owing to screen use and orders an
immediate electronic 'fast.' Showing how ESS affects brain
chemistry, arousal, sleep, and behavior, to name but a few
outcomes, the author moves into a four-week step-by-step plan to
'reset' a child's brain, resulting in better focus and
organization, improved compliance, and more mature social
interactions."
-- Library Journal "Parents will probably recoil from the idea of
taking their children's cell phones and laptops away from them. Let
them know that Dunckley acknowledges the mountain that she is
asking them to climb and, not only gives them thorough reasons for
doing it, but also a highly detailed plan for accomplishing
it."
-- Retailing Insight "This practical and easy-to-read guide is a
much-needed wake-up call for this digital age. Buy Reset Your
Child's Brain for your family, your school, and your local
library."
-- Kerry Crofton, PhD, cofounder and executive director of Doctors
for Safer Schools and author of A Wellness Guide for the Digital
Age "This book looks at how electronic media use can affect the
central nervous system long after the offending device has actually
been used -- an effect similar to that of drug addiction. It
presents new studies that show how, as with drug use, functioning
may not be impaired immediately, and in some cases it may even
improve initially but then becomes worse. Finally, Dr. Dunckley
outlines issues in diagnosis, in assessment, and most important, in
treatment for battling and resetting the brain to overcome the
rapidly emergent condition of Electronic Screen Syndrome."
-- Dr. Kimberly S. Young, founder and director of the Center for
Internet Addiction and NetAddiction.com "One of the problems
worldwide that relates to this book is sleep deprivation. This has
many consequences and -- to put it bluntly -- makes the
sleep-deprived person fat, lazy, stupid, and depressed! The more
that books like this expose the problem, the sooner we will be
moving to a higher and more secure state of well-being!"
-- John J. Ratey, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School, and author of Spark "Victoria Dunckley
makes a convincing case that parents should be very concerned about
their children's constant exposure to electronic screen-based
entertainment. Citing medical research as well as her work with
hundreds of patients, Dr. Dunckley explains how electronic media
overwhelm children's nervous systems and impair their physical and
mental functioning. Families who follow her practical approach to
discontinuing electronic screen-time will see dramatic improvement
in their children's health and behavior."
-- Jessica Solodar, award-winning medical journalist and former
medical writer for Massachusetts General Hospital Department of
Psychiatry and the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation "Parents
are constantly asking, 'What are the effects of screen use on my
kids, how much is too much, and how can I regulate the use of
screens by my kids?' Finally, thanks to Dr. Dunckley's Reset
Program, parents have the answers and the tools to work on a
solution!"
-- Ann Corwin, PhD, MEd, parenting education consultant,
TheParentingDoctor.com
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