The Discourse of ADHD: Perspectives on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

by Mary Horton-Salway and Alison Davies

This book explores the discourse of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most debated mental health categories attributed to children and adults across the globe. The authors trace the origins, development and representation of ADHD to demonstrate how the category is produced through competing explanatory theories and processes of scientific, professional and lay discourse. Starting with the idea that medical categories are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319760254
• ISBN13: 9783319760254
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"