Global perspectives on ADHD :  social dimensions of diagnosis and treatment in 16 countries / 
edited by Meredith Bergey, Angela Filipe, Peter Conrad, Ilina Singh. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>ADHD in global context : an introduction /  The rise and transformation of ADHD in the United States /  In the elephant's shadow : the Canadian ADHD context /  Historical, cultural and socio-political influences on Australia's response to ADHD /  The medicalization of Fidgety Philip : ADHD in Germany /  ADHD in the United Kingdom : conduct, class, and stigma /  The emergence and shaping of ADHD in Portugal : ambiguities of a diagnosis "In the making" /  Transformations in the Irish ADHD disorder regime --  from a disorder "You have to fight to get" to "You have to wait to get" /  The journey of ADHD in Argentina : from the increase in methylphenidate use to tensions among health professionals /  Academic and professional tensions and debates around ADHD in Brazil /  ADHD in the Italian context : children in the midst of social and political debates /  The French ADHD landscape : maintaining and dealing with multiple uncertainties /  ADHD in Japan : a sociological perspective /  Pictures of ADHD in Japan : epidemiology, treatments, and cultural influences /  Pharmaceuticalizing through government funding activities : the case of ADHD in New Zealand /  From problematic children to problematic diagnosis : the paradoxical trajectories of child and adolescent ADHD in Chile /  The development of child psychiatry and the (bio)medicalization of ADHD in Taiwan /  Exploring the ADHD diagnosis in Ghana : between disrespect and lack of institutionalization /  Reflections on ADHD in a global context /  Meredith R. Bergey and Angela M. Filipe --  Meredith R. Bergey and Peter Conrad --  Claudia Malacrida and Tiffani Semach --  Brenton J. Prosser and Linda J. Graham --  Fabian Karsch --  Ilina Singh --  Angela M. Filipe --  Claire Edwards and Orla O'Donovan --  Silvia A. Faraone and Eugenia Bianchi --  Francisco Ortega, Rafaela Zorzanelli, and Valeria Portugal Goncalves --  Alessandra Frigerio and Lorenzo Montali --  Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa --  Mari J. Armstrong-Hough --  Yasuo Murayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Junko Teruyama, and Masatsugu Tsujii --  Manuel Vallee --  Sebastian Rojas Navarro, Patricio Rojas, and Monica Pena Ochoa --  Fan Tzu Tseng --  Christian Broer, Rachel Spronk, and Victor Kraak --  Peter Conrad and Ilina Singh. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421423807 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.<br/>Attention-deficit disorder in adolescence.<br/>World health.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RJ506  / .G563 2018