Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries

Attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a common psychiatric diagnosis in both children and adults since the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. But the diagnosis was much less common-even unknown-in other parts of the world. By the end of the twentieth century, this was no longer the case, and ADHD diagnosis and treatment became an increasingly widespread global phenomenon. As the diagnosis was adopted around the world, the definition and treatment of ADHD often changed in the context of different psychiatric professions, medical systems, and cultures. Global Perspectives on ADHD is the first book to examine how this expanding public health concern is diagnosed and treated in 16 different countries. In some countries, readers learn, over 10% of school-aged children and adolescents are diagnosed with ADHD; in others, that figure is less than 1%. Some countries focus on medicating children with ADHD; others emphasize parent intervention or child therapy. Showing how a medical diagnosis varies across contexts and time periods, this book explains how those distinctions shape medical interventions and guidelines, filling a much-needed gap by examining ADHD on an international scale. Contributors: Madeleine Akrich, Mari J. Armstrong-Hough, Meredith R. Bergey, Eugenia Bianchi, Christian Broeer, Peter Conrad, Claire Edwards, Silvia A. Faraone, Angela M. Filipe, Alessandra Frigerio, Valeria Portugal Goncalves, Linda J. Graham, Hiroyuki Ito, Fabian Karsch, Victor Kraak, Claudia Malacrida, Lorenzo Montali, Yasuo Murayama, Sebastian Rojas Navarro, Orla O'Donovan, Francisco Ortega, Monica Pena Ochoa, Brenton J. Prosser, Vololona Rabeharisoa, Patricio Rojas, Tiffani Semach, Ilina Singh, Rachel Spronk, Junko Teruyama, Masatsugu Tsujii, Fan-Tzu Tseng, Manuel Vallee, Rafaela Zorzanelli

List of ContributorsPreface1. ADHD in Global Context, by Meredith R. Bergey and Angela M. Filipe2. The Rise and Transformation of ADHD in the United States, by Meredith R. Bergey and Peter Conrad3. In the Elephant's Shadow, by Claudia Malacrida and Tiffani Semach4. Historical, Cultural, and Sociopolitical Influences on Australia's Response to ADHD, by Brenton J. Prosser and Linda J. Graham5. The Medicalization of Fidgety Philip, by Fabian Karsch6. ADHD in the United Kingdom, by Ilina Singh7. The Emergence and Shaping of ADHD in Portugal, by Angela M. Filipe8. Transformations in the Irish ADHD Disorder Regime-, by Claire Edwards and Orla O'Donovan9. The Journey of ADHD in Argentina, by Silvia A. Faraone and Eugenia Bianchi10. Academic and Professional Tensions and Debates around ADHD in Brazil, by Francisco Ortega, Rafaela Zorzanelli, and Valeria Goncalves11. ADHD in the Italian Context, by Alessandra Frigerio and Lorenzo Montali12. The French ADHD Landscape, by Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa13. ADHD in Japan, by Mari Armstrong-Hough, Yasuo Murayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Junko Teruyama, and Masatsugu Tsujii14. Pharmaceuticalization through Government Funding Activities, by Manuel Vallee15. From Problematic Children to Problematic Diagnosis, by Sebastian Rojas Navarro, Patricio Rojas, and Monica Pena16. The Development of Child Psychiatry and the Biomedicalization of ADHD in Taiwan, by Fan-Tzu Tseng17. Exploring the ADHD Diagnosis in Ghana, by Christian Broeer, Rachel Spronk, and Victor Kraak18. Reflections on ADHD in a Global Context, by Peter Conrad and Ilina SinghIndex