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Wedge, Marilyn.
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Treatment.
Pediatric pharmacology.
Child rearing.
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Wedge, Marilyn.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Treatment.
Pediatric pharmacology.
Child rearing.
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A disease called childhood : why ADHD became an American epidemic / Marilyn Wedge, PhD.
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Wedge, Marilyn.
AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2015]
Call #:
618
.928589
W392d
Subjects
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Treatment.
Pediatric pharmacology.
Child rearing.
ISBN:
9781583335635 (hc.)
Description:
xxii, 250 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
In 1987, only 3 percent of American children were diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD. By 2014 the number rose to an alarming 11 percent. To combat the disorder, two thirds of these children, some as young as three years old, are prescribed powerful stimulant drugs like Ritalin and Adderall to help them cope with symptoms. Meanwhile, ADHD rates have remained relatively low in other countries such as France, Finland, and the United Kingdom, and Japan, where the number of children diagnosed with and medicated for ADHD is a measly 1 percent or less. If ADHD were a true biological disorder of the brain, why was the rate of diagnosis so much higher in America than it was abroad? Was a child's inattention or hyperactivity indicative of a genetic defect, or was it merely the expression of normal behavior or a reaction to stress? Most important, were there alternative treatments that could help children thrive without resorting to powerful prescription drugs? In an effort to answer these questions, Wedge published an article in Psychology Today entitled "Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD" in which she argued that different approaches to therapy, parenting, diet, and education may explain why rates of ADHD are so much lower in other countries. Here, Wedge further examines how myriad factors have come together, resulting in a generation addicted to stimulant drugs, and a medical system that encourages diagnosis instead of seeking other solutions. The author looks at the various potential causes of hyperactivity and inattention in children and examines behavioral and environmental, as opposed to strictly biological, treatments that have been proven to help. In the process, Wedge offers parents, teachers, doctors, and therapists a new paradigm for child mental health -- and a better, happier, and less medicated future for American children.
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