Identifying Hyperactive Children : The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior Expanded Edition
by
Peter Conrad
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Ashgate Classics in Sociology
ISBN-10
0754645185
ISBN-13
9780754645184
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 3rd, 2006
Print length
184 Pages
Weight
453 grams
Product Classification:
Sociology & anthropologyChild & developmental psychologyPaediatric medicine
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This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD. In this revised edition, Peter Conrad sets the original study in context, demonstrating the continuing relevance of his research. He highlights the issues at stake, outlining recent changes in our understanding of ADHD and reviewing recent sociological research.
This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD, originally published in 1976. The book centres on an empirical study of the process of identifying hyperactive children, providing a perceptive and accessible introduction to the concepts and issues involved. In this revised edition, Peter Conrad sets the original study in context, demonstrating the continuing relevance of his research. He highlights the issues at stake, outlining recent changes in our understanding of ADHD and reviewing recent sociological research. Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, USA. He has written extensively in the area of medical sociology, publishing nine books and over eighty articles and chapters.
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