ADHD Nation
Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic
New York : Scribner, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: viii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Fidgety Phil's arithmetic pills -- Dr. Conners -- From MBD to ADD -- Collision course -- Kristin -- Jamison -- ADD for all -- The hijacking -- There's something they know about us -- Higher and higher -- Less than -- Bright college days -- And now, a word from our sponsors -- Awakening -- Connection -- This is your brain on capitalism -- Coming soon to a doctor near you -- Prescription.
Subjects:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- United States.
Diagnostic errors -- United States.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
United States.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- United States.
Diagnostic errors -- United States.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
United States.
ISBN:
9781501105913
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PARENTING Health ADD-ADHD Sch | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/23/2024) |
PARENTING Health ADD-ADHD Sch | Blythewood | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-316) and index.