Framing ADHD Children

Adam Rafalovich

doi:10.5771/9780739155165

Framing ADHD Children

A Critical Examination of the History, Discourse, and Everyday Experience of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

1. Auflage 2004

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doi.org/10.5771/9780739155165
ISBN print: 978-0-7391-0747-8
ISBN online: 978-0-7391-5516-5
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

Framing ADHD Children explores the three social worlds of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: the home, classroom, and clinic. Through intensive interviews with teachers, parents, clinicians, and ADHD children, this book brings to light the human experiences surrounding this behavior disorder. The experiences of interview participants are supplemented with the most detailed historical discussion of ADHD to date, including the past and present debates about the true 'nature' of the disorder, issues concerning children taking stimulant medications, and the continuing discussion of whether or not modern technology can really detect ADHD in the brain. Both the history of ADHD and the people interviewed here demonstrate that ADHD is far from a cut-and-dry phenomenon, but rather a complex social process that requires the negotiation of uncertainty and ambiguity at every step.

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i–x Preface i–x
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–20 1: Introduction 1–20
21–34 2: Before We Called It ADHD: Idiocy, Imbecility, and Encephalitis Lethargica 21–34
35–62 3: Psychodynamic versus Neurological ADHD Narratives: Clinicians Discuss DSM IV and the Essences of ADHD 35–62
63–88 4: Clinicians as the Mediators of ADHD Suspicion and Treatment 63–88
89–108 5: The Realm of Semiformal Suspicion: Framing ADHD in the Classroom 89–108
109–128 6: Responding to ADHD: School Curricula, Simplified Assignments, and Gender 109–128
129–150 7: Parents' Accounts: How Trouble Becomes ADHD 129–150
151–176 8: Developing Informal Expertise: How Parents Negotiate the Meaning of ADHD 151–176
177–182 9: Conclusion 177–182
183–192 Bibliography 183–192
193–196 Index 193–196
197–197 About the Author 197–197

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