1st Edition
Exploring ADHD An ethnography of disorder in early childhood
By Simon Bailey
Copyright 2014
176 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric condition of childhood worldwide, yet the medical and psychological perspectives that dominate our understandings of ADHD present problems in their reductive understanding of the condition. Exploring ADHD incorporates Michel Foucault’s notions of discourse and power into a critical ethnographic framework... Read more
1. Introducing ADHD 2. Time, Space, and Possibility 3. Children, Schools, and Families 4. Routine Conduct 5. Boys will be Boys 6. Invisible Parentwork 7. The Nurturing Formula 8. Another Order is Possible Appendices Notes Bibliography
Biography
Simon Bailey is Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK.
