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books:

The Last Normal Child
Lawrence H. Diller

Greenwood Pub Group, 2006

Running on Ritalin: A Physician Reflects on Children, Society, and Performance in a Pill

22 reviews
Lawrence H. Diller

Bantam, 1999

A book that at least asks the tough questions
This books raises a lot of the questions I had but that I never see addressed elsewhere. It duscusses the fact that Ritalin does not cure ADD. It talks about the dramatic rise in ADD diagnoses and Ritalin prescriptions and discusses possible reasons. It also looks at some of the history and viewpoint of CHADD, the major support group for ADD. And it discusses how family environment and parenting ...

The run on Ritalin: attention deficit disorder and stimulant treatment in the 1990s.: An article from: The ...
Lawrence H. Diller

Hastings Center, 1996

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The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs (Childhood in ...
Lawrence H. Diller

Praeger Publishers, 2006

Behavioral-developmental pediatrician Lawrence Diller continues his investigation into the widespread use of psychiatric drugs for children in America, an investigation that began with his first book, Running on Ritalin. In this work at hand, Diller delves more deeply into the factors that drive the epidemic of children's psychiatric disorders and medication use today, questioning why these medications are being sought, and why Americans use ...

Should I Medicate My Child? Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with--and without--Psychiatric Drugs
Lawrence H. Diller

Basic Books, 2003

From the author of the acclaimed Running on Ritalin , the first rhoroughly balanced and deep;ly informative gude to helping parents make the best treatment decisions--with and without medication--for children with psychological problems. With the publication of Running on Ritalin in 1998, Dr. Lawrence Diller established himself as the country's leading expert on the use of psychiatric drugs to treat children. Since then, parents have ...