Pop Pills: The Usage of Behavior Medication by Kids in the USA - Hardcover

Baptiste Lignel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190789389X ISBN 13: 9781907893896

Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

One in five Americans under eighteen years old is diagnosed as having a mental condition that translates into behavioral problems. Often this is treated with medication, which can start from an extremely young age. Over a six-year period, Baptiste Lignel followed the progress of nine American teenagers with an array of pathologies which lead to behavioral problems, such as ADHD and OCD as well as depression and anxiety. In candid interviews the teenagers talk about their diagnoses and the impact that their medical treatment has had on their lives. Lignel also explores the social background and, in particular, the imagery that is fed back through social media and popular culture. Photographs are combined with elements found in popular culture and social media, showing us what image is reflected back from society - often a negative one. Far from trivializing the difficulties these young people face, this combination brings additional voices to the narrative, and broadens its scope. It contributes to drawing a balanced picture of a complex topic, often simplified and stigmatized by the media. Lignel says, "When working on a controversial subject, my goal is to remain as neutral as possible. My hope is to bring to light many aspects surrounding the topic sometimes contradictory ones in order for the readers to make up their own minds." Pop Pills offers a balanced account of what is inevitably a complex and controversial subject

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About the Author

Paris based, Baptiste Lignel specialises in long term social reportage and portraiture ad his work has featured in many major international publications such as The Guardian, Liberation, Grazia and Marie Claire. He is the author of three books and monographs co-founder of the photographic platform Otra Vista. Laia Abril, who contributes an afterword to the book, is an established photographer with an international reputation. Her last book 'The Epilogue', published by Dewi Lewis in 2014, won her international acclaim and was selected as best photo book of the year by more than twenty critics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190789389X
• ISBN 13: 9781907893896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228