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

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	618.9285 D321R	Check Shelf

Edition	1st ed.
Description	284 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary	" ... the story of the fastest culture on earth--American culture--and how it has created a nation of people hooked on speed and the stimulant drugs that simulate speed's mind-altering effects ... [An] illuminating investigation of the epidemic of ADD today and its most widely prescribed treatment, the powerful psychostimulant Ritalin ..."--Jacket.
Subject	Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Methylphenidate.
	United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
	Diagnostic errors.
	Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity -- etiology. (DNLM)D001289Q000209
	Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity -- drug therapy. (DNLM)D001289Q000188
	Methylphenidate -- therapeutic use. (DNLM)D008774Q000627
	Disease -- etiology. (DNLM)D004194Q000209
	Social Conditions. (DNLM)D012924
	United States. (DNLM)D014481
	Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00820829
	Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
	Diagnostic errors. (OCoLC)fst00892353
	Methylphenidate. (OCoLC)fst01715948
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Aandachtstekortstoornis met hyperactiviteit.
	Methylfenidaat.
	Psychofarmaca.
	Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Syndrom (DE-588)4525885-5
	Soziologie (DE-588)4077624-4
	Leistungsgesellschaft (DE-588)4125750-9
	United States.
	United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Chronological Term	Since 1945
ISBN	0393046850
	9780393046854

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