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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781922203321

Titolo

No child left different [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sharna Olfman; foreword by Mel Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, CT, : Praeger Publishers, 2006

ISBN

1-282-40789-9

9786612407895

0-313-04195-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Childhood in America

Altri autori (Persone)

OlfmanSharna

Disciplina

618.92

618.92/89

Soggetti

Pediatric psychopharmacology

Behavior disorders in children - Chemotherapy - United States

Child psychiatry - Differential therapeutics - United States

Medication abuse - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Series Foreword; Foreword; 1 Introduction; Part I: Environments Matter; 2 The Building Blocks of Children's Mental Health: Care and Community; 3 The Dance of Nature and Nurture: How Environment Impacts Brain Development and Genetic Expression; 4 Toxic World, Troubled Minds; 5 Media Violence: The Drug of Choice for Young Males; Part II: Medical Remodel; 6 Child Psychiatry, Drugs, and the Corporation; 7 The Development of Mentally Healthy Children; 8 Diagnosis, Drugs, and Bipolar Disorder in Children; Part III: Pathologies of Normalcy

9 The Rise of Ritalin: Triumph and Tragedy of the Medical Model in Children's Mental Health10 Why Medications Are Not Enough: Looking More Deeply at Depression and Anxiety in Children; 11 Global Girls, Consumer Culture, and Eating Disorders; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z; About the Editor and the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

A stellar group of authors from across disciplines explains the alarming increase in the use of psychotropic medications, questions the causes,



and presents disturbing thoughts regarding this phenomenon and the risks it creates for children. They take an in-depth look at the conditions that have led to drugging our children, and stress how emotional, social, cultural, and physical environments can both damage and heal young minds. And they challenge the model that maintains that psychological disturbance is genetic and thus requires medication. This is riveting reading for all who care about t