Talking Back To Ritalin: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Stimulants and ADHDMillions of children take Ritalin for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The drug's manufacturer, Novartis, claims that Ritalin is the "solution" to this widespread problem. But hidden behind the well-oiled public-relations machine is a potentially devastating reality: children are being given a drug that can cause the same bad effects as amphetamine and cocaine, including behavioral disorders, growth suppression, neurological tics, agitation, addiction, and psychosis. Talking Back to Ritalin uncovers these and other startling facts and translates the research findings for parents and doctors alike. An advocate for education not medication, Dr. Breggin empowers parents to channel distracted, disenchanted, and energetic children into powerful, confident, and brilliant members of the family and society. |
Contents
The Tide Is Shifting Events Since the First Edition | 3 |
Ritalin Is Not Candy for the Brain Adverse Effects | 28 |
Gross Brain Malfunctions and Cell Death Caused | 62 |
How Stimulants Really Work | 82 |
Vitamin R The Road to Addiction and Abuse | 94 |
They Never Like the Medication How Children | 109 |
Do Stimulants Help Children and Will Doctors Tell | 124 |
Definitive Study or Scientific Hoax? NIMH Funds | 141 |
Whos Behind All This? | 216 |
Whos Behind All This? | 247 |
Brave New World of Childhood Growing | 270 |
Empowering Yourself As a Parent | 287 |
The Environmental Stressor Checklist How | 296 |
Making Ourselves Ready to Help Our Children | 306 |
When Adults Are in Conflict with the Children | 312 |
What to Do When the Teacher Says Your Child | 320 |
The Science Behind Making an ADHD Diagnosis | 150 |
Scientific Evidence for a Biological Cause of ADHD | 172 |
Back to the Future Psychiatrys Long History | 186 |
Parents Caregivers and Teachers Make | 194 |
Physical Causes of ADHDlike Symptoms | 204 |
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