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At 8 years of age, in November 1985, Tyler Page was diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder. Given a prescription for Ritalin, Mr. Page provocatively asserts that with that paper he “became a hard drug user” (p. 16; Figure 1). Thus begins nearly 400 pages of black-and-white comics outlining the next 3 decades of his experience as a child, teenager, and adult with ADHD. One of the most recent additions to the canon of graphic pathographies, Raised on Ritalin is impressively detailed. Part textbook, part history lesson, and part family and individual memoir, Page’s graphic representations offer an intimate view of his journey.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jeremiah Dickerson, Karen Lewicki Tags: Book forum Source Type: research