The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs

by Lawrence H. Diller

Behavioral-developmental pediatrician Lawrence Diller continues his investigation into the widespread use of psychiatric drugs for children in America, an investigation that began with his first book, Running on Ritalin. In this work at hand, Diller delves more deeply into the factors that drive the epidemic of children's psychiatric disorders and medication use today, questioning why these medications are being sought, and why Americans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275990966
• ISBN13: 9780275990961
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"