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Running on Ritalin : A Physician Reflects on Children, Society, and Performance in a Pill by Lawrence H. Diller (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Title: RUNNING ON RITALIN: A Physician Reflects on Children, Society, a Item Condition: New. Published On: 2008-04-21 SKU: 4444-ING-9780553379068.

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In a book as provocative and newsworthy as Listening to Prozac and Driven to Distraction, a physician speaks out on America's epidemic level of diagnoses for attention deficit disorder, and on the drug that has become almost a symbol of our times: Ritalin. In 1997 alone, nearly five million people in the United States were prescribed Ritalin--most of them young children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. Use of this drug, which is a stimulant related to amphetamine, has increased by 700 percent since 1990. 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 discovered need? Important medical advance--or drug of abuse, as some critics claim? Lawrence Diller has written the definitive book about this crucial debate--evenhanded, wide-ranging, and intimate in its knowledge of families, schools, and the pressures of our speeded-up society. As a pediatrician and family therapist, he has evaluated hundreds of children, adolescents, and adults for ADD, and he offers crucial information and treatment options for anyone struggling with this problem. Running on Ritalin also throws a spotlight on some of our most fundamental values and goals. What does Ritalin say about the old conundrums of nature vs. nurture, free will vs. responsibility? Is ADD a disability that entitles us to special treatment? If our best is not good enough, can we find motivation and success in a pill? Is there still a place for childhood in the performance-driven America of the late nineties?

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553379062
ISBN-13
9780553379068
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1075629

Product Key Features

Book Title
Running on Ritalin : a Physician Reflects on Children, Society, and Performance in a Pill
Author
Lawrence H. Diller
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Parenting / General, Attention Deficit Disorder (Add-Adhd), General, Learning Disabilities
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Family & Relationships, Health & Fitness
Number of Pages
404 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Rj506.H9d54 1999
Reviews
"A vitally important topic--and a constructive, hopeful message." --Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. " Running on Ritalin describes in vivid detail the performance pressures on America's children, their parents, and teachers that result too often in a prescription for Ritalin--and nothing else." --Ramon C. Cortines, Executive Director, Pew Network for Standards-Based Reform at Stanford University "No parent who has ever considered medication use for their child should make the decision without first reading Running on Ritalin. " --Stanley Turecki, M.D., author of The Difficult Child and Normal Children Have Problems, Too "Balanced and thoughtful, yet it sounds a powerful alarm." --Kirkus Reviews, "A vitally important topic--and a constructive, hopeful message." --Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. " Running on Ritalin describes in vivid detail the performance pressures on America's children, their parents, and teachers that result too often in a prescription for Ritalin--and nothing else." --Ramon C. Cortines, Executive Director, Pew Network for Standards-Based Reform at Stanford University "No parent who has ever considered medication use for their child should make the decision without first reading Running on Ritalin. " --Stanley Turecki, M.D., author of The Difficult Child and Normal Children Have Problems, Too "Balanced and thoughtful, yet it sounds a powerful alarm." --Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition., "A vitally important topic--and a constructive, hopeful message." --Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. "Running on Ritalindescribes in vivid detail the performance pressures on America's children, their parents, and teachers that result too often in a prescription for Ritalin--and nothing else." --Ramon C. Cortines, Executive Director, Pew Network for Standards-Based Reform at Stanford University "No parent who has ever considered medication use for their child should make the decision without first readingRunning on Ritalin." --Stanley Turecki, M.D., author ofThe Difficult ChildandNormal Children Have Problems, Too "Balanced and thoughtful, yet it sounds a powerful alarm." --Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition.
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-020452
Dewey Decimal
618.92/8589
Dewey Edition
21

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