On May 3rd “Remembering Ritalin” hit the bookshelves. You can now order the book directly from Amazon.com.  You can also buy a special DVD featuring video interviews with some of the people featured in the book.

Watch Jennifer’s Story: Age 11: inattentive, scattered, no medication. Age 26: vocational rehabilitation counselor, happy.

Watch an excerpt of Cannon’s Story and read about the DVD here.

Read about America’s overwhelming dominance in the use of prescription stimulant drugs for children’s behavior in the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-diller/overuse-of-prescription-drugs_b_950802.html

Saturday’s Los Angeles Times carried an article on the long term outcomes for ADHD which featured an interview with me and my new book, Remembering Ritalin. Click the following link to read the article: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-adhd-adults-20110813,0,970187.story

book coverWhile I’ve got your attention please check out the following dates and locations where I will be speaking this fall:

September 14th: UCSF Pediatric Neurology Grands Rounds (UCSF Medical Center, SF) 4 PM
September 23rd: Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute Grand Rounds (UCSF Medical Center, SF) Noon
October 7th: Anne Martin Center, Piedmont CA 12:30 PM
October 20th: PESI Full day presentation, Elliott City, Maryland. 8am
October 21st: PESI Full day presentation, Fairfax, Virginia, 8 am
(http://www.pesi.com/search/seminarresults.asp)

All these presentation are open to the general public but may require reservations or permission to attend.

Read a review of Remembering Ritalin by going to http://www.additudemag.com/adhd-web/article/8926.html

Go to http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-health-chat-adhd,0,5686722.htmlstory to read the hour long exchange of questions and answers that covered a wide range of topics on ADHD and treatment.

I will be participating in an online “chat” on ADHD and its treatment starting at noon, July 5th, hosted by the Chicago Tribune and the Tribune Syndicate. Click on to http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-health-chat-adhd,0,5686722.htmlstory to learn more and plan to participate.

Also you should check out Marcia Angell’s (former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine) reviews on the sorry present state of American Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry in the June 23 and July 14th issues of the New York Review of Books.

For the first time in over 15 years of media interface, Lawrence Diller, will be interviewed internationally live on Irish NewsTalk Radio on the Sean Moncrieff Show on Monday, May 23rd, 4 PM GMT or 8 am Pacific Daylight Time.  If you’re local to Dublin, you know Irish NewsTalk Radio is between 106 and 108 FM.  Anyone else all over the world can hear the broadcast live or recorded through streaming on http://www.newstalk.ie/presenters/sean-moncrieff.

Go to http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-ritalin-q-a-20110515,0,2543006.story for an excellent and precise summary of Remembering Ritalin in the form of a Q&A with Lawrence Diller which appeared in Los Angeles Times on May 15th .

Lawrence Diller, M.D., will be talking about his book, Remembering Ritalin, at Stanford University (Building 320, Room 105, George Corner Lecture Hall) on Tuesday, May 24th, from 7 to 9 PM. The event is sponsored and hosted by Storey House and the Program in Human Biology of Stanford University and is intended for students but open to the general public . The event is free. Dr. Diller will offer an hour-long Powerpoint presentation and videos on the the young adults remembering their ADHD and treatment and commenting on their current lives. Diller will then take questions and answers from the audience. An informal reception will follow with a book signing and dessert for all.

Catch Lawrence Diller at his only immediate Bay Area appearance at Mrs. Dalloway’s Books, 2904 College Ave (off Russell) in Berkeley on Thursday, May 5th at 7:30 PM for a short talk, Q&A, and signing.