Running on Ritalin: a physician reflects on children, society, and performance in a pill

ch. 1. Ritalin ascendant: a doctor's dilemma

ch. 2. Stimulant of choice: the myths and reality of ritalin

ch. 3. Attention deficit disorder: in the eye of the beholder

ch. 4. Coping with a "living imbalance": ADD-ogenic forces in families, schools, and society

ch. 5. Blaming Johnny's brain: the power of the biological paradigm

ch. 6. Welcome to ritalin nation: an ADD culture arises

ch. 7. Making accommodations: ADD in an age of victims' rights and managed care

ch. 8. Politically correct parenting trap: how coping with difficult kids gets harder

ch. 9. Evaluating for ADD: the child in his world

ch. 10. Addressing the imbalance: non-drug treatments for ADD

ch. 11. Ritalin beyond childhood: teenagers, adults, and ADD

ch. 13. Performance in a pill: what ritalin says about us.