A Disease Called Childhood

Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic

Marilyn Wedge (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2016
Penguin USA (Verlag)
978-1-101-98288-4 (ISBN)

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Since 1987, the number of children diagnosed with ADHD has increased dramatically. Alarmed by this trend, family therapist, Marilyn Wedge, set out to understand how ADHD became an American epidemic-and to find out whether there are alternative treatments to powerful prescription drugs.

In A DISEASE CALLED CHILDHOOD, Wedge examines the factors that have created a generation addicted to stimulant drugs. Instead of focusing only on treating symptoms, she looks at the various potential causes of hyperactivity and inattention in children and behavioral and environmental-as opposed to strictly biological-treatments that have been proven to help. In the process, Wedge offers a new paradigm for child mental health-and a better, happier and less medicated future for American children.

Marilyn Wedge is a practising family therapist with a PhD in social psychology from the University of Chicago, where she received a grant from the prestigious Danforth Foundation.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.03.2016
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schwangerschaft / Geburt
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
ISBN-10	1-101-98288-8 / 1101982888
ISBN-13	978-1-101-98288-4 / 9781101982884
Zustand	Neuware