HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 - The limits of mental illness
6 Aug 2018
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If not, what are the limits between mentally healthy and mentally ill. Adhd emergence of hyperactivity: bradley home (orphanage in rhode island, benzedrine for spinal taps (spinal fluid extraction), impact on behaviour and performance in class, findings published, but no response for nearly 30 years. Why: this was not a solution for anything. No need for this: 1957, researchers publish on hyperkinetic impulse disorder , symptoms: hyperactivity, short attention span, irritability, impulsiveness, poor school work. Explicitly linked to scholastic performance: all children prone to this behaviour these kids more like normal children than severely disturbed, by dsm-2 (1968), deemed an epidemic in usa. What happens: any little problem you have gets magnified, ex) one child that doesn"t listen gets magnified because you are taking care of a larger group of children. Search is on: matt smith: the hyperactive child become a symbol of perceived american intellectual inferiority vis- - vis ussr.
