Description |
x, 91 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Introduction / George Halasz -- 1. Cries unheard: children, ADHD and the contemporary conditions of childhood / Anne Manne -- 2. ADHD and the subversion of meaning / Gil Anaf -- 3. Making mind matter / Peter Ellingsen -- 4. The trauma of depression in infants: a link with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? / Frances Thomson Salo -- 5. 'Smartening up' or Dumbing down'?: a look behind the symptoms, at overprescribing and reconceptualising ADHD / George Halasz |
Summary |
This book redresses basic misconceptions about current interpretations of children's behavioural problems, including the apparent symptoms of ADHD.Cries Unheard provides an opportunity for a new look at the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder debate. We seek to redress some basic misconceptions regarding the current interpretation of children's problem behaviours. We argue that, while a range of children's behavioural characteristics may be viewed as symptoms earning the child the diagnostic label of ADHD, such symptoms are not sufficient by themselves to diagnose children as ill, much less to justify medicating them. Often, a failure to make a holistic assessment of a child within a family context, as well as within his or her wider school and social settings, may result in a misdiagnosis of behaviour as illness. -- BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet |
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Adobe Acrobat reader required for PDF version |
Subject |
Hyperactive children.
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Attention-deficit-disordered children.
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity.
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Infant.
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Child.
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity.
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity -- diagnosis.
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity -- therapy.
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Holistic Health.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Author |
Halasz, George, 1949-
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LC no. |
00002376 |
ISBN |
1863354972 : |
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1863354980 PDF |
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