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The Diseasing of America's Children
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The Diseasing of America's Children (edit title/settings)

Exposing the ADHD Fiasco and Empowering Parents to Take Back Control

by John Rosemond (Author), Bose Ravenel (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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  • “Bipolar, schmipolar.”
    John Rosemond
  • “Dr. Ravenel and I have not heard millions of stories of children diagnosed with or who met criteria for ADHD who were cured without drugs, but we have heard hundreds. Not remarkably, many of the children in question were not cured until they STOPPED taking drugs.”
    John Rosemond
  • “Despite the evidence...there is little reason to expect wisdom to prevail in educational circles. University-based educational elites and professional "experts" appear unwavering in their commitment to educational practices that either fail to improve outcomes or contribute to adverse ones.”
    John Rosemond & Bose Ravenel

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We pull no punches in this book.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
READ THIS FIRST!
INTRODUCTION

PART I -- EXPOSING THE ADHD FIASCO

1. FIVE SLIPPERY WORDS
2. REDEFINING CHILDHOOD
3. BIOLOGY IN WONDERLAND
4. THE POLITICS OF DIAGNOSIS
5. THE POLITICS AND PERILS OF PHARMACEUTICALS

PART II -- MAKING SENSE

6. A SIMPLE EXPLANATION
7. 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

8. NIPPING "ADHD" IN THE BUD
9. NIPPING "ADHD" IN FULL BLOOM

NOTES
INDEX
INTRODUCTION TO "THE WELL-BEHAVED CHILD: DISCIPLINE THAT REALLY WORKS"
ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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This book is in Parents Taking Charge. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. John Rosemond (Author)
  2. Bose Ravenel (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

No adult themes, but definitely some parenting information in here that should be kept secret from the under-18 population.

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  • The Learning Disability Myth: Understanding and Overcoming Your Child's Diagnosis of Dyspraxia, Tourette's Syndrome of Childhood, ADD, ADHD or OCD
  • The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children
  • Anatomy of an Epidemic
  • Your Drug May Be Your Problem

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