The ADHD Explosion Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (290 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; The ADHD Explosion; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Reality of ADHD; Essential Issues; Rising Rates of Diagnosis and Expanding Treatment; ADHD: A Top 10 List; 1 The TNT Fueling the Explosion: Origins and Costs of ADHD; Jose: "Immaturity that Might Last a Lifetime"; From Then to Now; Money: The Costs of ADHD; 2 The Nature and Causes of ADHD: Where Biology Meets Culture; Becky: "Lost Opportunities"; A Continuum, Not a Category?; Symptoms, Problems, and Impairments: What Is ADHD?; ADHD Across the Years; Impairments; Models and Causes. Putting It All Together3 Diagnosing and Treating ADHD: Do It Right or Pay the Price; Tommy: "Problems Everywhere"; Performing the Evaluation; Treatments for ADHD and Evidence for Their Effects; 4 The Upward Spiral of ADHD Medications: Enhanced Performance or Potential for Abuse?; Ralph: "Miracle Cure"; Skyrocketing ADHD Medications; Stimulants and the Brain: Main Effects and Side Effects; Reducing Problems or Enhancing Skills?; Diversion and Neuroenhancement: Stimulants for Everyone?; 5 What a Difference a State Makes: How Educational Policy Determines Diagnosis and Treatment. Jessie: "A New Home"A Tale of Two States; Schools and School Policies Matter; Other Laws Regarding Schools and ADHD; 6 The Cost of ADHD: It's the Economy, Stupid; Frank: "Will It Always Be This Way?"; Ever-Increasing Cost Escalation; Benefits of the Spending; Conclusion; 7 ADHD and the Media: What's Being Said and What's Being Sold?; What Does the Public See and Hear?; Advertisements and the Selling of ADHD Medications; 8 ADHD Around the World; International Recognition and Diagnosis; Treatment and Services for ADHD Around the World; Differences Across Cultures and Nations: A Bird's-Eye View. Economic Development and ADHD9 Beyond White, Middle-Class Boys-Plus the Stigma of ADHD; Young Children; Adults; Girls, Women, and Minorities; Stigma: Is ADHD Still a Source of Shame?; 10 The Future of ADHD: Predictions, Confusions, and Conclusions; Weighing and Weighting the Evidence; Predicting the Future; Back to School; What Can Be Done? The Bottom Line; Notes; References; Index.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most controversial and misunderstood medical conditions today. With skyrocketing rates of diagnosis and medication treatment, it has generated a firestorm of controversy. Alarming questions have been raised about ADHD in recent years, including: *Why are one in nine children and adolescents in the U.S. now diagnosed with ADHD, with projected rates still rising? *Why are nearly 70% of those diagnosed with ADHD prescribed medication? *What is causing the fast-rising diagnosis and medication of adults? And why are over a quarter of all.