A disease called childhood : why ADHD became an American epidemic / Marilyn Wedge, PhD.
By: Wedge, Marilyn.
Publisher: New York : AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2015]Description: xxii, 250 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781583335635.Subject(s): Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- United States | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects -- United States | Child rearing -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 618.92/8589| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RJ506.H9 W432 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005301 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.
Introduction: a season in childhood -- An American epidemic -- What is ADHD? -- A tale of many cultures -- How did we get here? -- How a diagnosis became an epidemic -- Big pharma and biological psychiatry -- The message in the media -- Saving our children -- Why American schools have to change -- Let food be thy medicine -- Tweens, teens, and screens -- Time-tested tactics for good parenting -- Protecting children in the age of adderall.