{"product_id":"a-disease-called-childhood-why-adhd-became-an-american-epidemic-9781101982884","title":"A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic","description":"\u003cb\u003eA family therapist offers a surprising new look at the rise of ADHD in America, arguing for a better paradigm for diagnosing and treating our children.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 epidemic--and to find out whether there are alternative treatments to powerful prescription drugs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Disease Called Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Wedge\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a practicing family therapist with a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Chicago, where she received a grant from the prestigious Danforth Foundation. She was a postdoctoral fellow in ethics at the Hastings Center, a nonprofit institution dedicated to bioethics. Wedge is the author of \u003ci\u003eSuffer the Children: The Case\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAgainst Labeling and Medicating and an Effective Alternative\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in paperback with the title \u003ci\u003ePills Are Not for Preschoolers: A Drug-Free Approach\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efor Troubled Kids\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459788607762,"sku":"9781101982884","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a6aa431-7eba-4a2c-b38c-18533c04361e.jpg?v=1730005856","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-disease-called-childhood-why-adhd-became-an-american-epidemic-9781101982884","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}