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Ritalin Nation
Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
by Richard J. Degrandpre
ISBN: 0393046850
ISBN-13: 9780393046854
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published date: 1999
Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1.05 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) today 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 seeks to solve the problem of ADD by "solving" its history. He attributes the disturbing prevalence of inattention and hyperactivity in children to the larger societal consequences of a speed-up culture that has profoundly altered our perceptual expectations, our very experience of time, and our ability to defer gratification. Our society-wide rush to more, and faster, stimulation leaves children especially vulnerable to "sensory addictions." Ritalin Nation both exposes the shortsightedness of mere biological explanations of ADD and offers some practical guidelines for charting a more hopeful future in environments that deliberately "make time for time," cultivate a less hurried existence, and promote a saner, safer community for our children.
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RITALIN NATION: Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
Degrandpre, Richard J.; W. W. Norton
W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 1999. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine white pictorial dj. 284 pp. The DEQ predicts that 15 percent (8 million) of our kids will be on Ritalin. Ritalin has created a nation of people hooked on speed and the stimulant druugs that simulate speed's mind-altering effects. Here is a warning that the quick fix will ultimately destroy our kids.. ( more information)
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Ritalin Nation
Richard Degrandpre, Ph.d
New York: Norton, 1999. Rapid fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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RITALIN NATION
DeGrandpre, Richard Ph.D
Norton, 1999. 284pp. "Rapid-Fire Culture and The Transformation of Human Consciousness." (loc 925). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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