Richard DeGrandpre, Ph.D.
Richard DeGrandpre, Ph.D., is a freelance science writer and a senior editor of Adbusters magazine. He is the author of Ritalin Nation: Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness (W.W. Norton and Company, 2000) and Digitopia: The Look at the New Digital You (Random House, 2001).
Antidepressants: Progress or Promotion?
A widely anticipated new drug appears to revert to the same principles of action that characterized the antidepressants of an earlier era. What is going on here?
ADHD: Serious Psychiatric Problem or All-American Cop-out?
A Debate Between Richard J. DeGrandpre, Ph.D., and Stephen P. Hinshaw, Ph.D.Psychologists DeGrandpre and Hinshaw debate ADHD and the pervasive treatment (or quick fix?), Ritalin.