Remembering Ritalin
Subtitle: a doctor and generation Rx reflect on life and psychiatric drugs
By: Lawrence H. Diller
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780399536649
Subjects: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Methylphenidate; Side effects; Case studies; Treatment; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Adverse effects; Case Reports; Therapeutic use; Drug therapy
Description: In 1998, Dr. Lawrence Diller's controversial bestseller Running on Ritalin sparked a national debate about the ADHD diagnosis and the prescribing of drugs to our nation's kids. Today, Dr. Diller provides a revealing and equally controversial look at the long-term outcomes.-publisher description.
Notes: "A Perigee book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A professional and personal journey of caring; title: ADHD children become adults : what the science says-and doesn't say; title: ADHD : a protean diagnosis; title: ADHD girls grow up; title: Living with ADHD : finding the right job; title: With a little help from my friends; title: Bad outcomes : considering the limits of treatment; title: The dissatisfieds : medication and self-medication; title: Lingering impressions : does ADHD matter in the long term?; title: Potpourri : answering some common questions about ADHD/ADD and Ritalin.