The Discourse of ADHD: Perspectives on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ISBN-13: 9783319760254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 303 str.

Mary Horton-Salway; Alison Davies

Opis

This book explores the discourse of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most debated mental health categories attributed to children and adults across the globe.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction; Mary Horton-Salway and Alison Davies.- Chapter 2: Mapping the Discourses of ADHD: The Historical Legacy; Alison Davies.- Chapter 3: Media Representations of ADHD; Mary Horton-Salway.- Chapter 4: ‘Normal Rules of Parenting Don’t Apply’: ADHD, maternal accountability and Mother Identities; Alison Davies.- Chapter 5: ‘Just an Active Boy’: Intersecting Discourses of ADHD, Masculinity and Father Identities; Alison Davies.- Chapter 6: Voices of Experience: Narrative Lives and Selves; Mary Horton-Salway.- Chapter 7: ‘ADHD as the Product of Discourse’; Mary Horton-Salway.

O autorze

Mary Horton-Salway is a member of the British Psychological Society, UK, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, specialising in social psychology and the discourse of health, illness and disability, ME and ADHD.

Alison Davies is a member of the British Psychological Society, UK, and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is Associate Lecturer at The Open University, and also works as an academic consultant in higher education and as a counselling psychotherapist.