'ADHD Does Bad Stuff to You': Young People's and Parents' Experiences and Perceptions of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Autor/inn/en	Travell, Chris; Visser, John
Titel	'ADHD Does Bad Stuff to You': Young People's and Parents' Experiences and Perceptions of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Quelle	In: Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 11 (2006) 3, S.205-216 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2752
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Experience; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Intervention; Participation; Cultural Influences; Youth; Foreign Countries; Hyperactivity; Attention Deficit Disorders; Attitude Measures; Parent Attitudes; Clinical Diagnosis; Social Influences; Psychological Patterns; Biological Influences; Children; Adolescents; Interviews; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erfahrung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Teilnahme; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Ausland; Hyperaktivität; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Elternverhalten; Sozialer Einfluss; Biologischer Faktor; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper outlines the findings of a study of young people's and parents' experiences and perspectives of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) from five positions: the 'symptoms' of ADHD and their consequences, the process of diagnosis and treatment, interventions, a personal diagnosis, and participation and voice. It questions the value and validity of diagnosing children and young people as having ADHD and highlights the possibility that apparent short-term benefits of treatment with medication might be outweighed by longer-term negative psychological effects. It further argues that the voice of the young person should be considered in assessment and intervention processes where behaviour might lead to a diagnosis of ADHD. The authors assert challenging behaviour should be interpreted and addressed from a broad theoretical perspective which takes into account biological, psychological, social and cultural factors, and warn that diagnosis and treatment with medication might limit such a perspective. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10