Ritalin nation
Subtitle: rapid-fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness
By: Richard DeGrandpre.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects -- United States; Methylphenidate hydrochloride; Diagnostic errors; United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Description: This investigation of the epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and its most widely prescribed treatment, the psychostimulant Ritalin, sounds a warning: parents might be failing their children by treating symptoms and not causes with an ultimately unsatisfactory solution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: [ch]. 1. Hurried society and its experience; title: [ch]. 2. Great misadventures in time; title: [ch]. 3. Speed and its transformation of human consciousness; title: [ch]. 4. Sensory addictions: how culture manufactures disease; title: [ch]. 5. Generation Rx; title: [ch]. 6. Deliberate living: because patience comes to those who wait.