Ritalin for Whom? Revisited: Further Thinking on ADHD

Autor/in	Pozzi-Monzo, Maria
Titel	Ritalin for Whom? Revisited: Further Thinking on ADHD
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 38 (2012) 1, S.49-60 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0075-417X
DOI	10.1080/0075417X.2011.651845
Schlagwörter	Genetics; Vignettes; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Psychotherapy; Asperger Syndrome; Psychology; Infants; Genetic Disorders; Drug Therapy; Neurological Impairments; Outcomes of Treatment; Interaction; Intervention; Environmental Influences; Autism; Observation; Parent Child Relationship; Child Psychology; Attachment Behavior; Clinical Diagnosis; Etiology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humangenetik; Psychotherapie; Asperger-Syndrom; Psychologie; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Interaktion; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Autismus; Beobachtung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kinderpsychologie; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Ätiologie
Abstract	This paper explores further the vast topic of child neuropsychiatric disorders--ADHD in particular. It refers to and expands on issues debated in an earlier paper "Ritalin for whom?". In that paper, it was argued that those who benefitted most from children taking Ritalin were parents and teachers struggling with uncontained and out-of-control children under five, as well as doctors constrained by scarce resources and long waiting lists in NHS child services. This paper looks at the complex, inextricable and still somewhat mysterious interaction between genetic and environmental factors and what is meant by "genetic disorder" when, for example, the diagnosis of autism, Asperger's syndrome, ADHD is made. The author explores various avenues of research and focuses on the contribution of the psychological perspective offered by psychoanalytic thinking and attachment theory to understanding hyperactivity. This paper is mostly a review of theories, research and formulations, which help us explain some of the underlying factors in hyperactive children. Brief vignettes from infant observation, parent-infant psychotherapy and psychoanalytic treatment of children are used to support the main hypothesis that ADHD results from the interweaving of neuropsychological factors from birth onwards and can be treated by psychological interventions. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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