TY  - JOUR
AB  - The rise in the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the use of stimulant medication such as Ritalin to treat it raises important questions about how childhood is conceptualised in contemporary western society today. By focusing on within‐child explanations for behaviour, the diagnosis of ADHD divorces a child from their context; real life experiences, including traumatic ones, are marginalised or excluded from clinical consideration. This paper1 explores how ADHD manages to occupy and hold on to such a dominant position despite the lack of evidence supporting its supposed medical origins, and explores what the ADHD diagnosis reveals about cultural expectations of childhood and power hierarchies in the UK and North America.
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SN  - 1746-5729
DO  - 10.1108/17465729200500013
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200500013
AU  - Timimi Sami
AU  - Radcliffe Nick
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - The rise and rise of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
T2  - Journal of Public Mental Health
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 9
EP  - 13
Y2  - 2024/05/14
ER  -