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"It's Not A Real Disorder": Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder And Paradigms Of Childhood Harm, Amelia Hamiter
"It's Not A Real Disorder": Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder And Paradigms Of Childhood Harm, Amelia Hamiter
Scripps Senior Theses
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder has garnered controversy in the United States since it became a widely diagnosed disorder in American schoolchildren in the 1970s. Both diagnosis and treatment are sites of controversy. Some believe the disorder is a contrivance of parents and teachers who do not want to deal with hardly exceptional childhood difficulties, or a contrivance of pharmaceutical companies taking advantage of such parents and teachers. Others believe that a neurobiological basis for the disorder will eventually be discovered, and thus will legitimize both the diagnosis and the practice of prescribing medication for treatment. I utilize the Science, Technology, and …