| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: "Why do we need Commonsense Rebellion?" | p. 1 |
| The A to Z Guide | |
| Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) "Do we really want our bored kids drugged?" | p. 14 |
| Bad Boys: Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder "Is noncompliance really a disease?" | p. 28 |
| Chemical Dependency "What facts are being hidden from us?" | p. 39 |
| Depression "Antidepressants--miracle drugs or snake oil?" | p. 52 |
| Education "What is really learned in school?" | p. 67 |
| Food and Fat "Is this a medical or a cultural problem?" | p. 81 |
| Gambling "How is it taking over our society?" | p. 90 |
| Health Care: Hospitals, HMOs, and Heteronomy "How are we, at every level, giving up control over our own health?" | p. 98 |
| Incarceration "Why has the United States become the world's leading jailer?" | p. 108 |
| Jobs "Are we finding meaning and satisfaction in our worklife?" | p. 118 |
| Konsumerism, Kommercials, and Kids "Is consumerism America's true religion?" | p. 130 |
| Lucre: Money and Hypocrisy "Do we think critically when it comes to money?" | p. 140 |
| Mass Society "Why is it that the bigger our institutions get, the unhappier we are?" | p. 147 |
| Newest Nomenclature: The DSM-IV "Scientifically, are psychiatric diagnoses of any value?" | p. 157 |
| Online "Should we have any concerns?" | p. 166 |
| Pavlov, Punishment, and Positive Reinforcement: Behavior Modification "Is a manipulative society a healthy one?" | p. 174 |
| Quantities and Quotients: IQ "Why do we need to rank, and how do we define intelligence?" | p. 183 |
| Road Less Traveled? Institutional Psychotherapy "Does institutional mental health offer a truly humanistic alternative?" | p. 192 |
| Schizophrenia and Success "Have we jumped the gun on our assumptions about people who act crazy?" | p. 201 |
| Television "What are its true dangers, the ones the media don't address?" | p. 216 |
| U.S. Government "Why don't we vote or do so with little enthusiasm?" | p. 226 |
| Viagra and Venus: Selling Sex and Relationships "What's wrong with technologizing our sexuality and relationships?" | p. 237 |
| Web: The Institutional Illness Web "What does it look like?" | p. 247 |
| Xanax and Anxiety "How are we becoming a drug-dependent society?" | p. 248 |
| Y2K Compliance: Technics and Machine Worship "Should we worship technology--or assess each technology for potential dehumanizing effects?" | p. 257 |
| Zero Except Some Zinsser and Diseasing "Do we all disease that which we dislike?" | p. 268 |
| More Commonsense Steps to Commonsense Living | p. 269 |
| 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 | p. 294 |
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