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Tables of Contents for Commonsense Rebellion
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction ``Why do we need Commonsense Rebellion?''
1
13
The A to Z Guide
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
14
14
``Do we really want our bored kids drugged?''
Bad Boys: Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
28
11
``Is noncompliance really a disease?''
Chemical Dependency
39
13
``What facts are being hidden from us?''
Depression
52
15
``Antidepressants---miracle drugs or snake oil?''
Education
67
14
``What is really learned in school?''
Food and Fat
81
9
``Is this a medical or a cultural problem?''
Gambling
90
8
``How is it taking over our society?''
Health Care: Hospitals, HMOs, and Heteronomy
98
10
``How are we, at every level, giving up control over our own health?''
Incarceration
108
10
``Why has the United States become the world's leading jailer?''
Jobs
118
12
``Are we finding meaning and satisfaction in our worklife?''
Konsumerism, Kommercials, and Kids
130
10
``Is consumerism America's true religion?''
Lucre: Money and Hypocrisy
140
7
``Do we think critically when it comes to money?''
Mass Society
147
10
``Why is it that the bigger our institutions get, the unhappier we are?''
Newest Nomenclature: The DSM-IV
157
9
``Scientifically, are psychiatric diagnoses of any value?''
Online
166
8
``Should we have any concerns?''
Pavlov, Punishment, and Positive Reinforcement: Behavior Modification
174
9
``Is a manipulative society a healthy one?''
Quantities and Quotients: IQ
183
9
``Why do we need to rank, and how do we define intelligence?''
Road Less Traveled? Institutional Psychotherapy
192
9
``Does institutional mental health offer a truly humanistic alternative?''
Schizophrenia and Success
201
15
``Have we jumped the gun on our assumptions about people who act crazy?''
Television
216
10
``What are its true dangers, the ones the media don't address?''
U.S. Government
226
11
``Why don't we vote or do so with little enthusiasm?''
Viagra and Venus: Selling Sex and Relationships
237
10
``What's wrong with technologizing our sexuality and relationships?''
Web: The Institutional Illness Web
247
1
``What does it look like?''
Xanax and Anxiety
248
9
``How are we becoming a drug-dependent society?''
Y2K Compliance: Technics and Machine Worship
257
11
``Should we worship technology---or assess each technology for potential dehumanizing effects?''
Zero Except Some Zinsser and Diseasing
268
1
``Do we all disease that which we dislike?''
More Commonsense Steps to Commonsense Living
269
25
Regaining Autonomy
Restoring Community
Reclaiming Our Humanity
The Struggle against Coercion and Manipulation
Better Living without Chemicals
Helping Another Human Being
When to Fire My Helper
Knowing Early on If You Have the Right Helper
Remembering Who You Are
Final Thoughts: Morale
Notes
294