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Ritalin nation : rapid-fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness / Richard DeGrandpre.

Title
Ritalin nation : rapid-fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness / Richard DeGrandpre.
Author
DeGrandpre, Richard J.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton, 2000.

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284 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Presents a thesis that the modern, technological emphasis on speed and performance is the cause of the increased sensory deficits among American children. Ritalin is a psychostimulant which is being used to enhance performance rather than to treat a biological condition.
Subject
  • Since 1945
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Social aspects > United States
  • Methylphenidate
  • Diagnostic errors
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity > psychology
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • United States > Civilization > 1945-
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-275) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
[ch]. 1. Hurried society and its experience -- [ch]. 2. Great misadventures in time -- [ch]. 3. Speed and its transformation of human consciousness -- [ch]. 4. Sensory addictions: how culture manufactures disease -- [ch]. 5. Generation Rx -- [ch]. 6. Deliberate living: because patience comes to those who wait.
ISBN
0393320251
LCCN
^^2001278262
OCLC
44506357
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library