The Diseasing of America's Children : Exposing the ADHD Fiasco and Empowering Parents to Take Back Control

**How parents, teachers, and even professionals are being deceived by the "ADHD Establishment" regarding ADHD and other childhood behavior disorders and the drugs used to treat them.** The issue of diagnosing children with behavioral diseases that do not conform to a scientific definition of disease, and then medicating them is a scandal ready to erupt. In The Diseasing of America's Children, popular family psychologist, speaker, and best-selling author John Rosemond joins with pediatrician Dr. Bose Ravenel to uncover the fiction and fallacy behind attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), early-onset biopolar disorder (EOBD), and the drugs prescribed to treat them. Rosemond and Ravenel will: - reveal the pseudo-science behind these diagnoses - explain how parents, teachers, and even professionals are deceived - expose the short- and long-term dangers behavioral drugs pose to children - discuss how America's schools are unwittingly feeding the diagnostic beast - reveal the simple, common sense truth behind these behavior problems - and give parents a practical program for curing these problems without drugs or dependence on professionals Millions of American children have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prescribed powerful drugs to manage their behavior. Yet while the number of children diagnosed with ADHD is increasing at an alarming rate, the science behind this so-called disorder is unraveling. Here, family psychologist John Rosemond joins with pediatrician Dr. Bose Ravenel to reveal the fallacy and pseudoscience behind ADHD and other childhood behavioral disorders. They show how certain professionals and pharmaceutical companies have allowed bad science to disease millions of children with these fictitious illnesses--and in the process have made an incredible amount of money.--From publisher description Introduction -- Part I: Exposing The Adhd Fiasco -- Five Slippery Words -- Redefining Childhood -- Biology In Wonderland -- The Politics Of Diagnosis -- The Politics And Perils Of Pharmaceuticals -- Part Ii: Making Sense -- A Simple Explanation -- Why Johnny Can't Sit Still, Pay Attention, Do What He's Told And Learn To Read -- Part Iii: Empowering Parents To Take Back Control -- Nipping Adhd In The Bud -- Nipping Adhd In Full Bloom. John Rosemond And Bose Ravenel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 213-228) And Index.