ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic Audiobook (Free)

The groundbreaking account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-and how its unchecked growth has produced ADHD probably one of the most controversial conditions in medication, with serious effects on children, adults, and society. “ADHD Country should be needed reading” (THE BRAND NEW York Times Book Review).

Several in seven American kids are diagnosed with ADHD-three moments what specialists have said is appropriate-meaning that an incredible number of children are misdiagnosed and approximately ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, as well as the Making of an American Epidemic taking medications such as Adderall or Concerta for a psychiatric condition they probably do not have. The figures rise every year. And still, many specialists and drug companies deny any cause for concern. Actually, they say that adults and all of those other globe should embrace ADHD and that its medicines will transform their lives.

“Within this powerful, necessary publication, Alan Schwarz exposes the dirty secrets of the developing ADHD epidemic” (Kirkus Evaluations, starred review), including how the dad of ADHD, Dr. Keith Conners, spent fifty years advocating medicines like Ritalin before realizing his part in what he today calls “a national disaster of dangerous proportions”; a troubled young girl and a studious teenage boy get entangled in the developing ADHD machine and take medications that backfire horribly; and big Pharma egregiously over-promotes the disorder and earns billions in the mishandling of kids (and now adults).

While demonstrating that ADHD is normally real and may end up being medicated when suitable, Schwarz sounds a long-overdue alarm and urges America to handle this growing nationwide health problems. “ADHD Nation is a necessary reserve. Schwarz did a fine job on a maddening topic, and everyone who’s interested in hyperactivity, interest spans, stimulants, and the existing condition of American health care should grab a copy” (New York magazine).