TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gnaulati,Enrico
TI  - Back to normal: why ordinary childhood behavior is mistaken for ADHD, bipolar disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorder 
SN  - 9780807073346 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
AV  - RJ506.B44 G53 2013
U1  - 618.92/89 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - Behavior disorders in children
KW  - Diagnosis
KW  - Child Behavior
KW  - psychology
KW  - Adolescent
KW  - Behavioral Symptoms
KW  - diagnosis
KW  - Child
KW  - Diagnostic Errors
KW  - Medicalization
KW  - Mental Disorders
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Mad science and mad medicine -- The rush to diagnose -- Casualties of casual diagnosing -- Abnormalizing boys -- The normalcy of problem behavior -- ADHD or childhood narcissism at the outer edges? -- Bipolar disorder? or teenage storm and stress twenty-first-century style? -- Autistic spectrum? or a brainy, willful, introverted boy? -- Parenting with authority
N2  - Why are doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnosing healthy American children with serious psychiatric conditions? Gnaulati examines the factors that have led to our current crisis, provides parents with information about symptoms that to a casual or untrained eye can mimic a psychiatric disorder, and gives parents of struggling children hope, perspective, and direction; A veteran clinical psychologist exposes why doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnose healthy American children with serious psychiatric conditions
ER  -