ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic

by Alan Schwarz

Book Overview

The groundbreaking account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder--and how its unchecked growth has made ADHD one of the most controversial conditions in medicine, with serious effects on children, adults, and society. "ADHD Nation should be required reading" (The New York Times Book Review).

More than one in seven American children are diagnosed with ADHD--three times what experts have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501105922
• ISBN13: 9781501105920
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"