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It is very interesting to observe how profoundly a culture can change in the matter of a few short decades. One of the areas where this has certainly happened over the past 20 years is the public perception of smoking: As late as the 1980s smoking was still seen as a trendy, if somewhat risky, [...]
In my previous article I reported on a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes efforts of drug companies to influence public policy when it comes to guidelines for the use of ADD/ADHD medication. The Australian Health and Medical Research Council was forced to shelve a new framework for the management of these drugs when it emerged [...]
One of the first lessons that students learn in Business School is that the primary task of the management of any commercial concern is to maximize shareholder value. In other words: To make money for the owners. The profit motive is obviously an integral part of any capitalist system and has been the engine behind [...]
Over the years I have discussed ADD/ADHD from many different perspectives. Among them: Nutritional, behavioral and neurological. One perspective that has perhaps hitherto been absent from the mix is the historical. I suppose the main reason for this is the fact that the attention paid to the condition is a relatively new phenomenon (in historical [...]
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