No Child Left Different

by Olfman, Sharna; Levine, Mel

• ISBN13: 9780275985226
• ISBN10: 0275985229
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

A stellar group of authors from across disciplines explains the alarming increase in the use of psychotropic medications, questions the causes, and presents disturbing thoughts regarding this phenomenon and the risks it creates for children. They take an in-depth look at the conditions that have led to "drugging our children," and stress how emotional, social, cultural, and physical environments can both damage and heal young minds. And they challenge the model that maintains that psychological disturbance is genetic and thus requires medication. This is riveting reading for all who care about the youngest members of society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Series Foreword	xi
Sharna Olfman
Foreword	xiii
Mel Levine
1 Introduction	1	(14)
Sharna Olfman
Part I Erpironments Matter	15	(74)
2 The Building Blocks of Children's Mental Health: Care and Community	17	(14)
Sharna Olfman
3 The Dance of Nature and Nurture: How Environment Impacts Brain Development and Genetic Expression	31	(18)
Jane M. Healy
4 Toxic World, Troubled Minds	49	(24)
Varda Burstyn and David Fenton
5 Media Violence: The Drug of Choice for Young Males	73	(18)
John P. Murray
Part II Medical Remodel	89	(52)
6 Child Psychiatry, Drugs, and the Corporation	91	(16)
Michael Brody
7 The Development of Mentally Healthy Children	107	(14)
Stuart G. Shanker
8 Diagnosis, Drugs, and Bipolar Disorder in Children	121	(22)
Daniel Burston
Part III Pathologies of Normalcy	141	(52)
9 The Rise of Ritalin: Triumph and Tragedy of the Medical Model in Children's Mental Health	143	(20)
Lawrence Diller
10 Why Medications Are Not Enough: Looking More Deeply at Depression and Anxiety in Children	163	(16)
Mary Burke
11 Global Girls, Consumer Culture, and Eating Disorders	179	(14)
Margo D. Maine
Notes	193	(34)
Index	227	(6)
About the Editor and the Contributors	233