ADHD nation
Subtitle: children, doctors, big pharma, and the making of an American epidemic
By: Alan Schwarz
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781501105913
Subjects: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology; Diagnostic errors; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)
Description: "A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society. More than 1 in 7 American children are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)--three times what experts have said is appropriate--making it one of the most mishandled and debated conditions in medicine. The numbers are rising every year. Now doctors and Big Pharma are targeting adults and the rest of the world to get diagnosed with ADHD and take medications that will "transform their lives." In ADHD Nation, Alan Schwarz takes readers behind the scenes to show the roots and rise of this cultural and medical phenomenon: There's the father of ADHD, Dr. Keith Conners, who spends fifty years pioneering the disorder and use of drugs like Ritalin before realizing his role in what he now calls "a national disaster of dangerous proportions"; a troubled young girl and studious, teenaged boy who get entangled in the growing ADHD machine and take medications that cause them serious problems; and a pharmaceutical industry that egregiously overpromotes the disorder and earns billions from the mishandling of children (and now adults). While demonstrating that ADHD is real and can be successfully medicated, Schwarz sounds an alarm and urges America to wake up and address this growing national problem"--

"A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fidgety Phil's arithmetic pills; title: Dr. Conners; title: From MBD to ADD; title: Collision course; title: Kristin; title: Jamison; title: ADD for all; title: The hijacking; title: There's something they know about us; title: Higher and higher; title: Less than; title: Bright college days; title: And now, a word from our sponsors; title: Awakening; title: Connection; title: This is your brain on capitalism; title: Coming soon to a doctor near you; title: Prescription.