Identifying Hyperactive Children : The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior Expanded Edition

Name: Identifying Hyperactive Children
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9781138257955
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ISBN: 9781138257955

by Peter Conrad

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Ashgate Classics in Sociology

ISBN-10 1138257958

ISBN-13 9781138257955

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 12th, 2017

Print length 184 Pages

Weight 234 grams

Dimensions 14.00 x 21.50 x 1.30 cms

Product Classification: Social and ethical issues Health, illness or addiction: social aspects Social issues & processes Illness & addiction: social aspects Social work Personal & public health Personal and public health / health education

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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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