Sami Timimi, Jonathan Leo

Rethinking ADHD (eBook, PDF)

From Brain to Culture

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together, for the first time, a selection of international critiques on the role of ADHD in our society today, looking at how diagnoses have increased in recent years and the reasons behind this. Topics range from genetics to social culture, offering a comprehensive overview of this area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137020581
• Artikelnr.: 47897563

Autorenporträt

SAMI TIMIMI is a consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who works full time in the National Health Service, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; S.Timimi& J.Leo.- PART ONE: ADHD AND THE MEDICAL MODEL.- ADHD: What Do We Really Know?; L.Furman.- ADHD and Genetics; J.Joseph.- A Critical Review of ADHD Neuroimaging Research; J.Leo & D.Cohen.- PART TWO: ADHD AND CULTURE.- Why Diagnosis of ADHD Has Increased So Rapidly In the West: A Cultural Perspective; S.Timimi.- Clinical Psychology and ADHD; C.Newnes.- ADHD in Australia: The Emergence of the Globalisation; B.Kean.- ADHD and Globalization; S.Timimi& B.Maitra.- Social Deprivation or Brain Dysfunction; N.Hart & L.Benassaya.- PART THREE: ADHD DRUG THERAPIES.- The Case Against Stimulants; G.E.Jackson.- The Manipulation of Data and Attitudes About ADHD; J.Leo& J.Lacasse.- The Deficiencies of Drug Treatment Research; D.Cohen, S.Hughes & D.J.Jacobs.- The Role of Diet and Nutrition in ADHD; B.Puri.- PART FOUR: ALTERNATIVE PARADIGMS FOR ADHD.- Mind Magic; J.Jureidini.- ADHD and Other Sins of Our Children; S.Sobo.- The Canary in the Coal Mine; C.Mercogliano.- 'Good' Science, Expectations, Villains, and Hope; T.Hartmann.