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03193aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 F8B78412D4D211E7967FB26A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171129010014 008 161104s2016 nyua b 000 0 eng 020 $a 9781501105920 020 $a 1501105922 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $e rda $d MZC $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a RJ506.H9 $b S39 2016 082 04 $a 618.92/8589 $2 23 084 $a MED105020 $a PSY038000 $a MED105020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Schwarz, Alan, $d 1968- 245 10 $a ADHD nation : $b children, doctors, big pharma, and the making of an American epidemic / $c Alan Schwarz. 250 $a First Scribner hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c 2016. 300 $a viii, 338 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society. More than 1 in 7 American children are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)--three times what experts have said is appropriate--making it one of the most mishandled and debated conditions in medicine. The numbers are rising every year. Now doctors and Big Pharma are targeting adults and the rest of the world to get diagnosed with ADHD and take medications that will "transform their lives." In ADHD Nation, Alan Schwarz takes readers behind the scenes to show the roots and rise of this cultural and medical phenomenon: There's the father of ADHD, Dr. Keith Conners, who spends fifty years pioneering the disorder and use of drugs like Ritalin before realizing his role in what he now calls "a national disaster of dangerous proportions"; a troubled young girl and studious, teenaged boy who get entangled in the growing ADHD machine and take medications that cause them serious problems; and a pharmaceutical industry that egregiously overpromotes the disorder and earns billions from the mishandling of children (and now adults). While demonstrating that ADHD is real and can be successfully medicated, Schwarz sounds an alarm and urges America to wake up and address this growing national problem"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder $z United States. 650 0 $a Diagnostic errors $z United States. 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology. $2 bisacsh 776 08 $i Online version: $a Schwarz, Alan, 1968- $t ADHD nation $b First Scribner hardcover edition. $d New York : Scribner, 2016 $z 9781501105937 $w (DLC) 2016027290 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20171129010356.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F8B78412D4D211E7967FB26A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search