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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lawrence H Diller |
| ISBN: | 0275990966 9780275990961 |
| OCLC Number: | 70327933 |
| Description: | x, 150 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. 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 / Lawrence Diller and Sam Goldstein -- When does a right become wrong? Unflagging accommodated SAT scores -- pt. 2. 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 -- pt. 3. 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. |
| Series Title: | Childhood in America |
| Responsibility: | Lawrence H. Diller. |
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