SOCI201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Medicalization, Paula Deen, Fluoxetine

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Perez

Document Summary

In recent dsm, severity is a type of criteria: adhd statistics are very important, 10% of children 4-17 in us have been diagnosed with adhd, the majority of children diagnosed with adhd receive medication . Lethargica (sequelae thereof), minimal brain damage, minimal cerebral. Atypical ego development, attention deficit disorder (add), and. These categories of disease all address similar collections of symptoms that specifically describe childhood deviance. These symptoms have included, but are certainly not limited to poor performance in school, extreme extroversion, outbursts of violent behavior, inability to stay on task,"" thievery, disturbances in sleep patterns, morality inconsistent with age, and forgetfulness. The history of compiling these symptoms into formal diagnoses represents an increasing drive to medicalize unconventional childhood behavior. In 2000, us accounted for 86% of all adhd medication in the world. In 2010, us took 75% of international buying of adhd medication: from 2000 to 2010, in the us it increased its volume of usage by.