Kativla

King has referenced your books several times, so I think it's meant as a compliment. =)

It was also referenced in The Dark Tower series. It was one of the reasons I picked up the book.

Even if the music works (and I do find that some types of music help with certain types of focus tasks), it's unlikely that it's a practical or effective solution for the other behavioral issues ADHD covers. I cannot be listening to music during a lecture or presentation. I can't reasonably expect that music will fix my issues with impulse control, my tendency to get lost in conversations, my issues with turn-taking, or my organizational and time-management skills. The only things that have worked for those are a combination of stimulant medication and (cognitive) behavioral therapy.

What really bothers me about this is that this product may in fact be useful, and if so, great. But touting it as a replacement for stimulant medication is both an oversell as you point out, and also, it contributes to the continued demonization of stimulant medication for people with ADHD. Worries about over-medication and the dangers of stimulants led to me not being treated for my ADHD until I was a teenager, and that delay has had repercussions throughout my entire life.

Is there any research on strategies for the (subtly) dehumanized to effectively "push back" in hierarchical relationships? I ask because I recently ran a small graduate student workshop on strategies for taking care of one's mental health and being maximally productive. One of the topics was managing relationships with advisors and other faculty--i.e. strategies to make the relationship(s) more collaborative and less authoritarian over time.

I tried to keep it positive, but there was an underlying theme that the goal is to get faculty to remember that you are human (while still being productive and pushing yourself). Being treated like a work robot is a real issue that many graduate students face, sometimes to the point that they are treated as if though their having human issues or a personal life is a nuisance. The strategies I presented (e.g. being proactive/meeting regularly, being organized, developing strong personal/professional boundaries, etc.) were pulled from members of my department and my own personal experiences; I'm wondering if there's any research to back up those anecdotes.