Experiences and explanations of ADHD : an ethnography of adults living with a diagnosis / Mikka Nielsen.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cultural dynamics of social representation.
Main Author: Nielsen, Mikka (Author)
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Cultural dynamics of social representation.
Subjects:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults > Diagnosis.
People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Diagnosis.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity.
Adult.
Attention-deficit disorder in adults > Diagnosis.
Attention-deficit-disordered adults.
Physical Description:xv, 150 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.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 hook
  • 2.An old disorder or a recent product of medicalization?
  • A story of ADHD as an ever-present disorder
  • The incapacity of necessary attention
  • Children suffering from immorality
  • 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 remarks
  • 3.What is a diagnosis?
  • Diagnostic criteria and clinical guidelines
  • What is diagnosis for?
  • Creating mental illness
  • Puffing 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
  • Concluding remarks
  • 4.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 remarks
  • 5.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 remarks
  • 6.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 remarks
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Becoming someone with ADHD
  • Explanatory models of ADHD
  • ADHD as a relational phenomenon
  • Avenues for future research
  • Implications and recommendations for practice.