Running on Ritalin
A Physician Reflects on Children, Society, and Performance in a Pill
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- Paperback
404 pages
- Release Date
15 October 1999
Summary
In a book as provocative and newsworthy as Listening to Prozac and Driven to Distraction, a physician speaks out on America’s epidemic level of diagnoses for attention deficit disorder, and on the drug that has become almost a symbol of our times- Ritalin.In 1997 alone, nearly five million people in the United States were prescribed Ritalin–most of them young children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.Use of this drug, which is a stimulant related to amphetamine, has increased by 700 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553379068 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553379062 |
| Author: | Lawrence H. Diller |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 404 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 October 1999 |
| Weight: | 553g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
“A vitally important topic–and a constructive, hopeful message.”
–Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
“Running on Ritalin describes in vivid detail the performance pressures on America’s children, their parents, and teachers that result too often in a prescription for Ritalin–and nothing else.”
–Ramon C. Cortines, Executive Director, Pew Network for Standards-Based Reform at Stanford University
“No parent who has ever considered medication use for their child should make the decision without first reading Running on Ritalin.”
–Stanley Turecki, M.D., author of The Difficult Child and Normal Children Have Problems, Too
“Balanced and thoughtful, yet it sounds a powerful alarm.”
–Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Lawrence H. Diller
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D., attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and trained at the renowned Child Study Unit of the University of California, San Francisco, and the Mental Research Institute of Palo Alto.In addition to professional publications, he has written for Family Therapy Networker and for the Hastings Center Report, where his 1996 article on Ritalin became national news.He practices in Walnut Creek, California, and lives nearby with his wife and two young sons.
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