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008    180528s2016    xxua     b    001 0 eng d 
020    9781501105913 
050 00 RJ506.H9 |bS39 2016 
100 1  Schwarz, Alan, |d1968- 
245 10 ADHD nation :|bchildren, doctors, big pharma, and the 
       making of an American epidemic /|cAlan Schwarz. 
260    New York :|bScribner,|c2016 
300    viii,338 p : |bill ;|c24 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    "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" 
520    "A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread
       misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--
       and its serious effects on children, adults, and society".
650  0 Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |zUnited States 
650  0 Diagnostic errors |zUnited States