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Control # 1 hbl99061999
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20201027092107.0
Fixed Data 8 131120s2014 nyu b 000 0aeng
LC Card 10    $a 2013042085
ISBN 20    $a9781476702575 (hardback)
ISBN 20    $a9781476702582 (trade paperback)
ISBN 20    $z9781476702599 (ebook)
Obsolete 39    $a289456$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
LC Call 50 00 $aRC394.A85$bD46 2014
Dewey Class 82 00 $a616.85/890092$aB$223
Other Call # 84    $aPSY022010$aPSY015000$aBIO026000$2bisacsh
ME:Pers Name 100 $aDenevi, Timothy,$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aHyper :$ba personal history of ADHD /$cTimothy Denevi.
Edition 250    $aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Imprint 260    $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2014.
Phys Descrpt 300    $a274 pages ;$c24 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$2rdacarrier
Note:General 500    $a"Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--
Note:Content 505 $aThe evil logic of clenched hands -- Reflection in the low linoleum glaze -- In the way you'd watch a bird that's flown in through a window -- Biggest talker -- Dead and in jail for life -- Last thing you learn is that you always gotta wait.
Abstract 520    $a"Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD is Timothy Denevi's memoir of growing up as a hyperactive child, intertwined with his even-handed and thorough reporting on the history of the diagnosis and its treatment. Beginning with the moment he first started having severe emotional fits, his book traces his compelling and moving journey through fifteen years of diagnosis and treatment as he illuminates the medical and psychological theories and practices that shape our understanding of this controversial diagnosis. In the 1980s, mental disorders were just beginning to be seen as biological in origin; hyperactivity was being medicated with a variety of stimulants. In Timothy's first week on Ritalin at the age of six, the medication triggered a psychotic reaction. He ran into the kitchen, grabbed a knife, and threatened to kill himself in front of his mother. Doctors prescribed behavior therapy, then antidepressants. Nothing worked. The reader never stops caring for Timothy as he makes is way through grade school and high school, knowing he is a problem for those who love him, longing to be able to be good and fit in, hanging out with boys who have similar symptoms but meet quite different ends, and finally realizing he must come to grips with his disorder before his life spins completely out of control. Simultaneously, the author traces our understanding of the origins of the condition, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries when hyperactivity was atributed to defective moral conscience, demons, or head trauma, through the twentieth century when food additives, bad parenting, and even government conspiracies were blamed, to the most recent genetic research"--$cProvided by publisher.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-274)
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aDenevi, Timothy$xMental health.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPeople with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder$vBiography.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder$xComplications.
Genre/Form 655  7 $aAutobiographies.$2lcgft