A disease called childhood : why ADHD became an American epidemic
(2015)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
618.928589/WEDGE,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 618.928589/WEDGE,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2015]
DESCRIPTION

xxii, 250 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781583335635, 9781583335635, 1583335633 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Introduction: a season in childhood -- An American epidemic -- What is ADHD? -- A tale of many cultures -- How did we get here? -- How a diagnosis became an epidemic -- Big pharma and biological psychiatry -- The message in the media -- Saving our children -- Why American schools have to change -- Let food be thy medicine -- Tweens, teens, and screens -- Time-tested tactics for good parenting -- Protecting children in the age of adderall