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Rates of diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are skyrocketing, throughout America and the rest of the world. U.S. rates of youth diagnosis have increased 40% from just a decade ago. Adults with ADHD are now the fastest-growing segment of the population receiving diagnosis and medication. The disorder is painful and sometimes disabling for individuals and tremendously costly for society; yet, widespread misinformation, skepticism, and
unanswered questions have jeopardized effective diagnosis and treatment. Researched and written by Stephen Hinshaw, an international expert on ADHD, and Katherine Ellison, a
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author, ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the go-to book for authoritative, current, accurate, and compelling information about the global ADHD epidemic. This book addresses questions such as:· Is ADHD a genuine medical condition or a means of pathologizing active and exploratory behavior?· Do medications for ADHD serve as needed treatments, or are they attempts
at social control, designed to bolster profits of pharmaceutical firms? · Has the ADHD label become a ruse by which parents can game the educational system for accommodations?· How
do symptoms and impairments related to ADHD differ between girls and women and boys and men? · Why are ADHD medications often used as performance enhancers by college and high-school students? ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know® clears the air of the most polarizing and misleading information that abounds, providing straight talk and sound guidelines for educators, policymakers, health professionals, parents, and the general
public. It shows the reality of ADHD but does not ignore the forces that have pushed up rates of diagnosis to alarmingly high levels.
Rates of diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are skyrocketing, throughout America and the rest of the world. U.S. rates of youth diagnosis have increased 40% from just a decade ago. Adults with ADHD are now the fastest-growing segment of the population receiving diagnosis and medication. The disorder is painful and sometimes disabling for individuals and tremendously costly for society; yet, widespread misinformation, skepticism, and
unanswered questions have jeopardized effective diagnosis and treatment. Researched and written by Stephen Hinshaw, an international expert on ADHD, and Katherine Ellison, a
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author, ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the go-to book for authoritative, current, accurate, and compelling information about the global ADHD epidemic. This book addresses questions such as:· Is ADHD a genuine medical condition or a means of pathologizing active and exploratory behavior?· Do medications for ADHD serve as needed treatments, or are they attempts
at social control, designed to bolster profits of pharmaceutical firms? · Has the ADHD label become a ruse by which parents can game the educational system for accommodations?· How
do symptoms and impairments related to ADHD differ between girls and women and boys and men? · Why are ADHD medications often used as performance enhancers by college and high-school students? ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know® clears the air of the most polarizing and misleading information that abounds, providing straight talk and sound guidelines for educators, policymakers, health professionals, parents, and the general
public. It shows the reality of ADHD but does not ignore the forces that have pushed up rates of diagnosis to alarmingly high levels.
Introduction
Part I: Facing the Facts
Chapter 1: What is ADHD? And Why Does it Suddenly Seem to be
Everywhere?
Chapter 2: How Widespread Is It?
Chapter 3: What Causes It?
Chapter 4: How Do You Know If You Have It?
Chapter 5: How Does ADHD Change Over the Lifespan?
Chapter 6: How Much Does It Matter Who You Are and Where You
Live?
Part II: Taking Action
Chapter 7: How Helpful-or Harmful-Is Medication?
Chapter 8: How Helpful is Behavior Therapy, and What Kinds of
Behavior Therapies Help the Most?
Chapter 9: What Other Strategies May Be Helpful in Treating
ADHD?
Chapter 10: What Do You Need to Know About the "ADHD Industrial
Complex"?
Chapter 11: Conclusions and Recommendations
Resources
Stephen Hinshaw, PhD, is an internationally recognized research
investigator of child and adolescent disorders, award-winning
teacher, and author of more than 280 research articles and chapters
plus 12 books. His most recent book, with Richard Scheffler, is The
ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for
Performance. He is a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and
vice chair for psychology in the department of
psychiatry at UC San Francisco.
Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and author
of several books. She specializes in writing about neuroscience,
learning disorders, and education. Her books include The Mommy
Brain: How Motherhood Makes You Smarter and Buzz: A Year of Paying
Attention.
"This is an essential guide for people who suspect that they or a
loved one might have ADHD. In clear, unbiased prose, it addresses
the controversies surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of this
disorder. It is written in a manner that is easily accessible
without sacrificing the basic science important to understanding
this condition." --Sanford Newmark, MD, Clinical Professor of
Pediatrics and Director, Pediatric Integrative
Neurodevelopmental
Program, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, UC San
Francisco
"Many trade books exist on ADHD but exceptionally few are written
by expert clinical scientists who have spent their long careers
both studying ADHD and working with families and patients with
ADHD. And fewer still of those books are this current in harvesting
the results of more than 1,000 science articles per year published
on the disorder. This is one of those rare few. It contains
extensive, useful information not only on the nature of the
disorder and
its causes and life course but, more importantly, on the best ways
to manage the condition. Despite the richness of science-based
information it contains, it reads easily. It is clearly a must-read
for
parents of children with the disorder, teachers who must educate
them, and adults with ADHD." --Russell A. Barkley, PhD, Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Medical University of South
Carolina
"Well researched and unbiased, this book dispels the myths
surrounding ADHD and the ADHD 'industrial complex.' Even better, it
answers so many of the important questions adults have when they -
or one or their children - is diagnosed with ADHD. It's easy to
read, well organized, and based in the latest science. Definitely
one of the best resources available today!" --Melissa Orlov, author
of The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD
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