Finding Robert
By: Robert J. Stevens and Catherine E. Stevens
Contributors: Stevens, Catherine E.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780757004025
Subjects: Alternative treatment; Mental health; Child psychopathology; Psychiatric errors; Chemotherapy; Exceptional children; Biography
Description: Diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder in the early 1990s, Robert Stevens was an exceptionally intelligent child who could not function in a mainstream environment. Under a psychiatrist's care, and on several powerful medications, his parents did not know whether they were seeing their son or the results of the medications he was taking. Desperate, the Stevens family turned to holistic therapies, and Robert began to show improvement. By third grade he was off all medications, attending a mainstream school, making friends, and simply being himself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: There is nothing wrong with Robert; title: Coming to a head; title: Trouble at home; title: There is something wrong with Robert; title: Special education; title: More trouble at home; title: Robert and Ritalin; title: A new diagnosis; title: Chocolate-covered Prozac; title: Deeper and deeper; title: Enough is enough; title: Another therapy, another breakthrough; title: The right school; title: What we learned.