Taking America Off Drugs: Why Behavioral Therapy Is More Effective for Treating ADHD, OCD, Depression, and Other Psychological Problems
In this highly provocative book, Stephen Ray Flora maintains  that we have been deceived into believing that whatever one's psychological  problem--from anxiety, anorexia, bulimia, depression, phobias, sleeping and  sexual difficulties to schizophrenia--there is a drug to cure us. In  contrast, he argues that these problems are behavioral, not chemical, and  he advocates behavioral therapy as an antidote. He makes the controversial  claim that for virtually every psychological difficulty, behavioral therapy  is more effective than drug treatment. Not only that, but the side effects  of behavioral therapy, rather than being harmful like many drugs, are  actually beneficial, often facilitating self-empowerment through learning  functional life skills."I like the author's obvious deep-seated concern about the book's topic and  the enthusiasm with which he addresses it. He explains why the behavioral  approach is more effective than drugs, and how it importantly differs from  the drug approach. I hope this book will be widely read. Our society needs  it." -- P. A. Lamal, editor ofCultural Contingencies: Behavior Analytic  Perspectives on Cultural Practices"This topic is an important one that has implications for the treatment of  many children and adolescents. I like the author's passion for the subject  matter; he clearly wants to make a point. He has certainly `done his  homework.'" -- David Reitman, coeditor ofPractitioner's Guide to  Empirically Based Measures of School Behavior--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.