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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Wedge, Marilyn, author.     Subjects     Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- United States.     Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects -- United States.     Child rearing -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wedge, Marilyn, author.       by title:      A disease called chi...         MARC Display

A disease called childhood : why ADHD became an American epidemic / Marilyn Wedge, PhD. by Wedge, Marilyn, author. New York : Avery, a member of Penguin Group (USA), c2015. Subjects Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- United States.   Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects -- United States.   Child rearing -- United States. ISBN:  9781583335635 (hbk.) : 1583335633 (hbk.) Description:  xxii, 250 pages ; 22 cm Contents:  Introduction: A season in childhood -- What is ADHD? -- A tale of many cultures -- How a diagnosis became an epidemic -- Big pharma and biological psychiatry -- The message in the media -- 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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 ... Wedge draws on her decades of experience, as well as up-to-date research, to offer a new perspective on ADHD. Instead of focusing only on treating symptoms, she 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"--Dust jacket flap.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Ewa Beach P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 618.92858 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 618.92858 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.92858 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.92858 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Liliha Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.92858 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.92858 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waimea Public Library (Kauai) Adult Nonfiction 618.92858 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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