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A disease called childhood : why ADHD became an American epidemic / Marilyn Wedge, PhD.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781583335635 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: xxii, 250 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Social aspects > United States. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > United States. Child rearing > United States. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | PC 618.928589 Wed | 31681002499465 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Marilyn Wedge is a practicing family therapist with a PhD in social psychology frm the University of Chicago, where she received a grant from the prestigious Danforth Foundation. She was a postdoctoral fellow in ethics at the Hastings Center for Bioethics. She is the author of Suffer the Children: The Case against Labeling and Medicating and an Effective Alternative, which was published in paperback with the titlePills Are Not for Pre-Schoolers: A Drug-Free Approach for Troubled Kids.
Marilyn Wedge is a practicing family therapist with a PhD in social psychology frm the University of Chicago, where she received a grant from the prestigious Danforth Foundation. She was a postdoctoral fellow in ethics at the Hastings Center for Bioethics. She is the author of Suffer the Children: The Case against Labeling and Medicating and an Effective Alternative, which was published in paperback with the title Pills Are Not for Pre-Schoolers: A Drug-Free Approach for Troubled Kids.
