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Ritalin Nation
Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
by Richard J. Degrandpre
ISBN: 0393320251
ISBN-13: 9780393320251
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published date: 2000
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 284
Publisher's Notes
By the year 2000, the USDA predicts that 15 percent--8 million--of our children will be on their way to using Ritalin. In this illuminating investigation of the epidemic of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and its most widely prescribed treatment, the powerful psychostimulant Ritalin, psychologist Richard DeGrandpre sounds a warning: we may well be failing our children by treating symptoms and not causes with a quick-fix and ultimately unsatisfactory solution. Drawing on the latest findings from developmental, psychobiological, and social scientific research, DeGrandpre "criticizes America's obsession with performance and quick satisfaction and the country's reliance on Ritalin [as] a performance-enhancing drug" (Natural Health). He cautions that our society-wide rush to more, and faster, stimulation leaves children especially vulnerable to "sensory addictions." Ritalin Nation exposes the shortsightedness of mere biological explanations of ADD and offers some practical guidelines for cultivating a less-hurried existence and promoting a saner, safer community for our children.
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DEGRANDPRE, RICHARD
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Ritalin Nation Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
Degrandpre, Richard J
New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Poor dust jacket; Paperbound in illustrated cover. No previous . owner marks, indexed, not illustrated. Exposes the shortsightedness of . mere biological explainations of ADD and offers some practical guidelines . for cultivating a less-hurried existence and promoting a saner, safer . community for our children.. 2000. First Edition,. Paperback. 0393320251 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pp. pages . ( more information) Offered by OrphanTreasures.com (United States)
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