Last Normal Child Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs

Name: Last Normal Child Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs
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ISBN: 9780275990961

ISBN-10: 0275990966

ISBN-13: 9780275990961

Edition: 2006 (Annotated)

Authors: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Behavioral-developmental pediatrician Lawrence Diller continues his investigation into the widespread use of psychiatric drugs for children in America, an investigation that began with his first book, Running on Ritalin. In this work at hand, Diller delves more deeply into the factors that drive the epidemic of children's psychiatric disorders and medication use today, questioning why these medications are being sought, and why Americans use more of these drugs with children than is used in any other country in the world. There is relentless pressure for performance and success on children as young as three, Diller acknowledges, but his analysis goes further, and his conclusion is both…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Influence of Science, Politics, Money, and Culture on Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment of Children in America



The Last Normal Child: America's Intolerance of Diversity in Children's Performance and Behavior



Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Ritalin



Gender, Power, and ADHD



Science, Ethics, and the Psychosocial Treatment of ADHD




When Does a Right Become Wrong? Unflagging Accommodated SAT Scores



One Pill Makes You Larger: Stories from the Real World of Families Coping with Children's Behavior and Psychiatric Drugs



Just Say Yes to Ritalin!



Ritalin Works! Great?



Getting Up to Speed for the SAT



The Invariant Prescription Redux: The Key to Effective Parenting



In the Valley of Motivational Fatigue-Diagnosing ADHD in Early Adolescence



Drug Companies, Academic Medicine, and the Way We Treat Children's Problems in America Today



Strattera, Now Playing Everywhere



Galileo's Grandmother: What Happens When Your Life's Work Falls Outside the Demanded Result



Fallout from Pharma Scandals: The Loss of Doctors' Credibility



Successfully Marketing Incompetence: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Therapy/Pill Culture


Professional and Family Factors: A Personal Postscript


Afterword



Notes


Index


About the Author, Series Editor, and Advisers