Medicating children ADHD and pediatric mental health /

"Why and how did ADHD become the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder among children and adolescents, as well as one of the most controversial? Stimulant medication had been used to treat excessively hyperactive children since the 1950s. And the behaviors that today might lead to an ADHD dia...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mayes, Rick, 1969-
Other Authors: Bagwell, Catherine, Erkulwater, Jennifer L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Chemotherapy > United States > History.
Children.
Medical policy.
Mental health services.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity > drug therapy
Central Nervous System Stimulants > adverse effects
Child
Drug Therapy > ethics
Health Policy
Mental Health Services
Trouble déficitaire de l'attention > Chimiothérapie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants.
Politique sanitaire.
Services de santé mentale.
children (people by age group)
MEDICAL / Pediatrics
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Chemotherapy.
Kind
Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Syndrom
Pharmakotherapie
Ethik
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to ADHD
  • A survey of the evolution of ADHD and pediatric stimulant use, 1900-1980
  • The transformation of mental disorders in the 1980s : from the DSM-III, managed care, and "cosmetic psychopharmacology"
  • ADHD and the politics of children's disability policy
  • The backlash against ADHD and stimulants
  • Current questions about stimulant treatment for ADHD.

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