Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is an incapacitating behavioral disorder / Linda Bernstein -- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is not a disease / Joel Turtel -- Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder face serious challenges / John Wanner -- Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a gift, not a disease / Sarah Rasher -- Autism is a serious public health crisis / Anne McElroy Dachel -- Autism is not an epidemic / Lawrence Scahill -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder has biological causes / NewsRx Health -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is not a biological disease / Fred Baughman -- The Iraq War has increased the number of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder / D.E. Ford, Jeff Huber, and I.L. Meagher -- The Iraq War has not increased the number of veterans with post traumatic stress disorder / Sally Satel -- Most post-traumatic stress disorder therapies are ineffective / Institute of Medicine -- Honest discussion about killing can help soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder / Adam Weinstein -- Drugs are an effective treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Norman Sussman -- Drugs are not a long-term solution for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Frank Lawlis -- Effective discipline will help some children avoid behavioral disorders / Nancy Shute -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder can be controlled / Jeremy Katz -- The vaccine injury compensation program gives hope to parents of children with autism / Bernadine Healy -- The vaccine injury compensation program is unfair and dangerous / Paul A. Offit -- Mainstreaming benefits autistic students / Leslie Werstein Hann -- Mainstreaming can hinder autistic students / Robert Tomsho -- Veterans should not be wrongly discharged with personality disorder / Bob Woodruff ... [et al.] -- The number of veterans wrongly discharged with personality disorder is exaggerated / Tracie Shea.