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Hinshaw Stephen P |
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The ADHD explosion : myths, medication, money, and today's push for performance / / Stephen P. Hinshaw, Richard M. Scheffler |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-935786-2 |
0-19-979072-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - Treatment - Finance |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; The ADHD Explosion; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Reality of ADHD; Essential Issues; Rising Rates of Diagnosis and Expanding Treatment; ADHD: A Top 10 List; 1 The TNT Fueling the Explosion: Origins and Costs of ADHD; Jose: "Immaturity that Might Last a Lifetime"; From Then to Now; Money: The Costs of ADHD; 2 The Nature and Causes of ADHD: Where Biology Meets Culture; Becky: "Lost Opportunities"; A Continuum, Not a Category?; Symptoms, Problems, and Impairments: What Is ADHD?; ADHD Across the Years; Impairments; Models and Causes |
Putting It All Together3 Diagnosing and Treating ADHD: Do It Right or Pay the Price; Tommy: "Problems Everywhere"; Performing the Evaluation; Treatments for ADHD and Evidence for Their Effects; 4 The Upward Spiral of ADHD Medications: Enhanced Performance or Potential for Abuse?; Ralph: "Miracle Cure"; Skyrocketing ADHD Medications; Stimulants and the Brain: Main Effects and Side Effects; Reducing Problems or Enhancing Skills?; Diversion and Neuroenhancement: Stimulants for Everyone?; 5 What a Difference a State Makes: How Educational Policy Determines Diagnosis and Treatment |
Jessie: "A New Home"A Tale of Two States; Schools and School Policies Matter; Other Laws Regarding Schools and ADHD; 6 The Cost of ADHD: It's the Economy, Stupid; Frank: "Will It Always Be This Way?"; Ever- |
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Increasing Cost Escalation; Benefits of the Spending; Conclusion; 7 ADHD and the Media: What's Being Said and What's Being Sold?; What Does the Public See and Hear?; Advertisements and the Selling of ADHD Medications; 8 ADHD Around the World; International Recognition and Diagnosis; Treatment and Services for ADHD Around the World; Differences Across Cultures and Nations: A Bird's-Eye View |
Economic Development and ADHD9 Beyond White, Middle-Class Boys-Plus the Stigma of ADHD; Young Children; Adults; Girls, Women, and Minorities; Stigma: Is ADHD Still a Source of Shame?; 10 The Future of ADHD: Predictions, Confusions, and Conclusions; Weighing and Weighting the Evidence; Predicting the Future; Back to School; What Can Be Done? The Bottom Line; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most controversial and misunderstood medical conditions today. With skyrocketing rates of diagnosis and medication treatment, it has generated a firestorm of controversy. Alarming questions have been raised about ADHD in recent years, including: *Why are one in nine children and adolescents in the U.S. now diagnosed with ADHD, with projected rates still rising? *Why are nearly 70% of those diagnosed with ADHD prescribed medication? *What is causing the fast-rising diagnosis and medication of adults? And why are over a quarter of all |
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