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Author DeGrandpre, Richard J.

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

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton, c1999.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  618.928589 D364r    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 284 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Hurried society and its experience -- Great misadventures in time -- Speed and its transformation of human consciousness -- Sensory addictions : how culture manufactures disease -- Generation Rx -- Deliberate living : because patience comes to those who wait.
Subject Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects.
Methylphenidate.
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Diagnostic errors.
ISBN 0393046850

 
    
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