Experiences and Explanations of ADHD: An Ethnography of Adults Living with a Diagnosis

ISBN-13: 9781032090146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 166 str.

Mikka Nielsen

Opis

Experiences and Explanations of ADHD: An Ethnography of Adults Living with a Diagnosis presents research on the lived experiences of those diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Spis treści

Series editor's introductionPrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction Aim of the book A diagnosis of our time An anthropological approach to ADHD Clarifying concepts: ADHD as experience and diagnostic category Structure of the book2. An old disorder or a recent product of medicalization? A story of ADHD as an ever-present disorder The incapacity of necessary attention Children suffer from immortality Minimal brain damage and anti-school behaviour A question of neurology: the rise of medical treatment The DSM era A one-sided story of ADHD A critical explanation of ADHD Medicalization of society Social, political, and cultural factors behind the emergence of ADHD Ritalin on the market Diagnosing adults with ADHD Concluding remarks3. What is a diagnosis? Diagnostic criteria and clinical guidelines What is diagnosis for? Creating mental illness Putting a name to it Living in a diagnostic culture A neurochemical era A shift in thinking about the human being The self in medical terms Conluding remarks4. Experiences and implications of getting an ADHD diagnosis The explanatory force of a diagnosis and questions of responsibility Restructuring narratives and self-perceptions Evaluating yourself and considering new questions Restructuring practices and crafting skills Ambivalence towards the diagnosis Taking medication and experimenting with experiences A moral concern: becoming the person you want to be Concluding remarks5. Explaining and making use of an ADHD diagnosis Dynamics between explanations and experiences Identifying with ADHD Distancing from ADHD Explanations of ADHD and expectations of treatment Having or being ADHD? Concluding remarks6. ADHD as a temporal phenomenon Studying rhythms and experiences of time The rhythms of the body When the world is at a different pace Social synchronization: trying to keep up but lagging behind Developing time-work strategies Is society catching up on ADHD Concluding remarks7. Conclusion Becoming someone with ADHD Explanatory models of ADHD ADHD as a relational phenomenon Avenues for future research Implications and recommendations for practiceIndex

O autorze

Mikka Nielsen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Health Research in the Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.