Running on Ritalin : a physician reflects on children, society, and performance in a pill / Lawrence...
Running on Ritalin : a physician reflects on children, society, and performance in a pill / Lawrence...
Running on Ritalin : a physician reflects on children, society, and performance in a pill / Lawrence H. Diller.
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New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N618.928589/34
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English
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xii, 386 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Ritalin Ascendant: A Doctor's Dilemma -- Ch. 2. Stimulant of Choice: The Myths and Reality of Ritalin -- Ch. 3. Attention Deficit Disorder: In the Eye of the Beholder -- Ch. 4. Coping with a "Living Imbalance": ADD-ogenic Forces in Families, Schools, and Society -- Ch. 5. Blaming Johnny's Bra...
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New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 1998.
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New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
In 1997 alone, nearly five million people in the United States were prescribed Ritalin - most of them young children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. And this phenomenon appears to be uniquely American: 90 percent of the world's Ritalin is used here. Is this a cause for alarm - or simply the case of an effective treatment meeting a newly...
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Running on Ritalin : a physician reflects on children, society, and performance in a pill / Lawrence H. Diller.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-375) and index.
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N618.928589/34
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0553106562
9780553106565
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618.928589
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991002104969702626
