TY  - BOOK
AU  - Denevi,Timothy
TI  - Hyper: a personal history of ADHD 
SN  - 9781476702575
AV  - RC394.A85 D46 2014
U1  - 616.85/890092B 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Denevi, Timothy
KW  - Denevi, Timothy.
KW  - Attention-deficit-disordered adults
KW  - Biography
KW  - Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
KW  - Complications
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY
KW  - Psychopathology
KW  - Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Personal Memoirs
KW  - fast
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)^PSYCHOLOGY / History^BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
KW  - BISAC
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Pathographies
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - local
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Personal Narrative
N1  - "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"-; Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274); The 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -