HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Hypersexuality, Mental Disorder
4 Apr 2016
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The issue of choice and personal responsibility (do ppl chose to be ill) Hypersexuality for a normal person vs a politician. Bradley home in rhode island: painful procdure involving a spinal tao in neurological assessment of children. To combat headaches, one physician (charles bradley) gave children amphetamine. Benzedrine: staff noticed children easier time focusing and behaving in class after taking the drug, despite publishing, findings, no response for nearly 30 years. Why: wasn"t seen as something that needed to be solved or fixed or managed. Before late 1950s, hyperactivity hardly ever mentioned in lit. Addiction and question disorder related to addiction includes substance use, gambling, gaming. 10 listed in dsm pattern of behaviour that deviates what is normal in culture. Tendency towards untrusting, unforgiving, and prone to angry outbursts. Seeking attention, great emphasis on appearance: intense, unstable relationships, refusal to be alone, intensity, impulsive moods. Cluster c- anxious dependent pd pattern of dependent and submissive behaviour lacking self confidence.
