Cries unheard: the diagnosis of children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and their treatment with prescription drugs, reflects a social trend in thrall to the philosophy of the quick fix.

Arena Magazine | April 1, 2003| | Copyright

When I was young, a turbulent social movement centring on the possibilities of human flourishing open to women was in full swing. One of the issues feminism raised was the treatment of `suburban neurosis'--the depression that isolated and frustrated housewives experienced--by the routine popping of analgesics and tranquillisers. So commonplace was the taking of such medications that they gained a popular name: `mother's little helper'. The women's movement, rather than accept the `normality' of such medication, framed the whole question of women's dependence on tranquillisers ...

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