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No child left different /

A stellar group of authors from across disciplines explains the alarming increase in the use of psychotropic medications, questions the causes, and presents disturbing thoughts regarding this phenomenon and the risks it creates for children. They take an in-depth look at the conditions that have led...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Olfman, Sharna, Levine, Melvin D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
Colección:Childhood in America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The building blocks of children's mental health : care and community / Sharna Olfman
  • The dance of nature and nurture : how environment impacts brain development and genetic expression / Jane M. Healy
  • Toxic world, troubled minds / Varda Burstyn and David Fenton
  • Media violence : the drug of choice for young males / John P. Murray
  • Child psychiatry, drugs, and the corporation / Michael Brody
  • The development of mentally healthy children / Stuart G. Shanker
  • Diagnosis, drugs, and bipolar disorder in children / Daniel Burston
  • The rise of ritalin : triumph and tragedy of the medical model in children's mental health / Lawrence Diller
  • Why medications are not enough : looking more deeply at depression and anxiety in children / Mary Burke
  • Global girls, consumer culture, and eating disorders / Margo D. Maine.