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| 1. Vallee, Manuel. "Pharmaceuticalizing Childhood: Ritalin usage in France and the United States" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 Online <PDF>. 2009-11-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p243069_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: America consume's 80-85% of the Ritalin produced in the world, and an estimated 3-5% of all American children take Ritalin and other psychostimulants. In contrast, the same is true of only 0.04% of French children. What accounts for such drastic differences? This paper tries to shed light on the issue by comparing the treatment practices in both countries. |
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