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The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs
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Hardcover
160 pages (August 2006)
Praeger Publishers;
ISBN: 0275990966
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| Running on Ritalin |
Running on Ritalin
A Physician Reflects on Children, Society and Performance in a Pill.click to order
Paperback - 400 pages (June 1999) Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap);
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Dear Visitor,
Perhaps it was one of my books, Running on Ritalin, Should I Medicate My Child? or my latest, The Last Normal Child,that led you to this site. Or perhaps it was one of my appearances or a net search for information about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Ritalin or psychiatric drug use in children. In any event I am glad you are here. Follow the links below to learn the latest about ADHD, Ritalin, and effective non-drug treatments too. My site has been expanded to cover a wide range of subjects on child behavior and treatment. I now offer a new service of telephone consultations for families who live outside the Bay Area (see the right hand column, second item). You can also try emailing me a question though I am often too inundated to answer quickly or in depth. Oh, don't forget to add your email address to my mailing list for the latest updates and information about important subjects. And please cast your vote in the latest survey. Thanks again for stopping by,
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Interview with Dr. Diller on Family Radio Network
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Catch Dr. Diller in a fifteen minute interview with Raleigh Adams of For the Record on the Family Radio Network on Saturday, June 13th. The program airs in the Bay Area on KEAR-AM, 610 on the AM dial at Noon and repeats at 5 PM. For other areas check your local radio listings or go online to Family Radio Network to locate the station in your area that carries this program.
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A Misuser’s Guide to Adderall
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(first appeared in the Harvard Crimson, April 28,2009)
The history of amphetamines shows that the use of Adderall to study or to get high at college campuses has exploded. While drugs like Adderall, Ritalin, and Concerta are prescribed primarily to treat ADHD/ADD, multiple surveys reveal rampant use—as great as 35 percent of students on some campuses—of students who admit to the illegal use of a prescription stimulant.
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Powerful proponent of psychiatric drugs for children primed for a fall
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(First appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 27th, 2009)
Dr. Joseph Biederman, chief of the Massachusetts General Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, is already under investigation by Harvard University and the National Institutes of Health for failing to report income received from drug companies. Now, in newly released court documents, Biederman appears to be promising drugmaker Johnson & Johnson in advance that his studies on the antipsychotic drug risperidone will prove the drug to be effective when used on preschool age children.
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The Supreme Court Judgment Against Wyeth Is HUGE!
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The Supreme Court last week gave one to the people at the expense of corporate power. In a 6-3 decision, the Court upheld a Vermont Supreme Court verdict awarding a large judgment to a woman who lost an arm against the Wyeth pharmaceutical company.
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Falling From Mt. Olympus
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Joseph Biederman, America’s foremost child psychiatrist, and in the midst of a serious conflict of interest scandal, has agreed to temporary limitations in his role as director of Harvard’s Massachusetts General Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic.
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