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Suggestions for Further Reading
ADHD Specific
Books
Armstrong, T. 1997. The Myth
of the A.D.D Child: 50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and
Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion.
Penguin Books, Ringwood.
Breggin P. 2001. Talking
Back to Ritalin, Revised : What Doctors Aren't Telling You About
Stimulants and ADHD. Perseus Books.
Lloyd, G., Stead, J., & Cohen D. 2006. Critical New Perspectives on ADHD. Routledge. Preview available at Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=Lz7If3xTSCYC.
Journal Articles
Baumeister, A. & Hawkins, M.
2001. Incoherence of Neuroimaging Studies of Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Clinical Neuropharmacology,
Vol. 24
Cohen, D. & Leo, J. 2004. An
Update on ADHD Neuroimaging Research.
The Journal of Mind and
Behaviour.
Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 161-166. Available online at: http://psychrights.org/research/Digest/NLPs/neruoimagingupdate.pdf.
Furman, L. 2005. What is
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Journal
of Child Neurology.
Vol. 20, No. 12, pp 994 - 1003. Available online at:
http://www.icspp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=72.
Leo, J. & Cohen, D. 2003.
Broken Brains or Flawed Research: A Critical Review of ADHD
Neuroimaging Research. Journal of Mind and Behaviour.
Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 29-56. Available online at:
http://psychrights.org/Research/Digest/NLPs/criticalreviewofadhd.pdf.
Timimi, S. 2004. Developing
non-toxic approaches to helping children who could be diagnosed with
ADHD and their families: Reflections of a UK clinician. In
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.
41-52. Available online
at:
http://www.yanq.org.au/images/stories/Documents/adhd-timimi_non-toxic_approaches.pdf
Timimi, S. 2004. A Critique of
the International Consensus Statement on ADHD. In Clinical
Child and Family Psychology Review. Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 59-63.
Other Articles
Giù Le Mani Dai Bambini.
2005. International Consensus: ADHD and Abuse in the Prescription
of Psychopharmaceutical Drugs to Minors. Available
Online:
http://www.giulemanidaibambini.org/consensus/consensus_en.html.
International Centre for the Study
of Psychiatry and Psychology. 2002. Debunking the Science Behind
ADHD as a Brain Disorder. ICSPP. Available
online:
http://www.icspp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=48
Jacobs,
B. 2002. Queensland Children at Risk: The Overdiagnosis of "ADHD"
and the Overuse of Stimulant Medication. Youth Affairs Network of
Queensland, West End. Available
online:
http://www.yanq.org.au/content/view/207/9/.
Jacobs,
B. 2004. ADD &
ADHD: Epidemic of a Phantom Disease.
In Nexus Magazine,
Vol. 12 No. 2. Available online:
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/ADHDisbogus.html
Leo, J. 2000. Attention Deficit
Disorder: Good Science or Good Marketing? Skeptic.
Vol. 8, No.
1,
pp 63-69.
Turner, B. 2003. ADHD and the Meaning of Evidence. Available online at:
http://psychrights.org/Research/Legal/Evidence/BTurneronADHDandMeaningofEvididence.htm.
Websites
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder: Exposing the Fraud of ADD and
ADHD
http://www.adhdfraud.com.
A
site created by Neurologist Fred Bauhman who argues that Psychiatry
has failed to validate ADHD as a disease of any sort.
Death From Ritalin: The Truth
Behind ADHD
http://www.ritalindeath.com
A
website created by two parents whose child died as a result of taking
drugs prescribed to 'treat' ADHD.
General Critiques of Psychiatry
Books
Breggin, P. 1994. Toxic
Psychiatry: Why therapy, empathy, and love must replace the drugs,
electroshock, and biochemical theories of the "new psychiatry."
St Martin's Press.
Cohen, D. (Ed). 1990. Challenging
the Therapeutic State: Critical Perspectives on Psychiatry and the
Mental Health System (Journal of Mind and Behavior). Institute of
Mind & Behavior, New York.
Joseph, J. 2004. The Gene
Illusion: Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology under the
Microscope. PCCS Books, Ross-on-Wye, UK.
Johnstone, L. 2000. Users and
Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice.
2nd Ed. Taylor & Francis Group, Philadelphia.
Mendelsohn, R. 1979. Confessions
of a Medical Heretic. Contemporary Books, Illinois.
Rampton, S. & Stauber, J.
2001. Trust Us, We're Experts!:How Industry Manipulates Science
and Gambles with Your Future. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, New
York.
Ross, C. A. 1995. Pseudoscience
in Biological Psychiatry : Blaming the Body. John Wiley and
Sons.
Szasz, T.S. 1997. The
Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and
the Mental Health Movement. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse
(Reprinted Edition).
Whitaker, R. 2002. Mad in
America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of
the Mentally Ill. Perseus Books, Cambridge.
Journal Articles
Szasz, T. 1960. The Myth of
Mental Illness. In American
Psychologist, Vol. 15, pp.113-118. Available Online:
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Szasz/myth.htm.
Other Articles
Martin,
R. 2005. Research Reports for the Non-Scientist. Youth Affairs
Network of Queensland, West End. Available Online at:
http://www.yanq.org.au/images/stories/Documents/martin-research_reports_ns.pdf.
Moncreiff,
J. 2003. Is Psychiatry for Sale? An examination of the
influence of the pharmaceutical industry on academic and practical
psychiatry. Institute of
Psychiatry, London. Available Online via
http://www.critpsynet.freeuk.com/pharmaceuticalindustry.htm.
Websites
Psychiatric Drug
Facts
http://www.breggin.com.
This
website is authored by Dr Peter Breggin, a psychiatrist and author of
'Toxic Psychiatry.' The site concentrates on exposing the problems
with psychiatric drugs.
International Centre for the Study
of Psychiatry and Psychology
http://www.icspp.org/
Includes
a number of papers and articles that critique the medical model of
mental 'illness'.
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