A Disease Called Childhood
Download or Read eBook A Disease Called Childhood PDF written by Marilyn Wedge and published by Avery. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Marilyn Wedge |
Publisher | : Avery |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2016-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781101982884 |
ISBN-13 | : 1101982888 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Disease Called Childhood by : Marilyn Wedge
Book excerpt: Since 1987, the number of American children diagnosed with ADHD has jumped from 3 to 11 percent. Meanwhile, ADHD rates remain relatively low in other countries such as France, Finland, the UK, and Japan, where the number of children diagnosed with and medicated for ADHD is 1 percent or less. Alarmed by this trend, family therapist Marilyn Wedge set out to understand how ADHD became an American epidemicand to find out whether there are alternative treatments to powerful prescription drugs.