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rapid-fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness

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An edition of Ritalin nation (1999)

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This investigation of the epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and its most widely prescribed treatment, the psychostimulant Ritalin, sounds a warning: parents might be failing their children by treating symptoms and not causes with an ultimately unsatisfactory solution.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
284

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Subjects
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Civilization, Diagnostic errors, Methylphenidate hydrochloride, Social aspects, Social aspects of Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Soziologie, Disease, Etiology, Drug therapy, Social Conditions, Therapeutic use, Leistungsgesellschaft, Methylfenidaat, Methylphenidate, Psychofarmaca, Aandachtstekortstoornis met hyperactiviteit, Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Syndrom, United states, civilization, 1945-, Psychotropic drugs
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United States
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1945-

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Ritalin nation: rapid-fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness
2000, W.W. Norton
in English - [Norton pbk. ed., updated].
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Ritalin nation: rapid-fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness
1999, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st ed.
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Table of Contents

[ch]. 1. Hurried society and its experience
[ch]. 2. Great misadventures in time
[ch]. 3. Speed and its transformation of human consciousness
[ch]. 4. Sensory addictions: how culture manufactures disease
[ch]. 5. Generation Rx
[ch]. 6. Deliberate living: because patience comes to those who wait.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
618.92/8589
Library of Congress
RJ506.H9 D476 1999, RJ506.H9D476 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
284 p. ;
Number of pages
284

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL360618M
Internet Archive
ritalinnationrap00degr
ISBN 10
0393046850
LCCN
98020687
OCLC/WorldCat
39235593
Library Thing
489907
Goodreads
1479963

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" ... the story of the fastest culture on earth--American culture--and how it has created a nation of people hooked on speed and the stimulant drugs that simulate speed's mind-altering effects ... [An] illuminating investigation of the epidemic of ADD today and its most widely prescribed treatment, the powerful psychostimulant Ritalin ..."--Jacket

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