SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Medicalization
7 Apr 2017
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Conrad achknowledges the curcial role played by drug campanies. Points out that the process is also driven by induviduals whos conditions are medicalized other factors make patient advocates of medicalization ofw their conditions less tolerant of bodily discomfort. More assertive towards doctors in understand their own health patients collaborate with doctors in developing and spreading a new diagnosis. Medical explainations can provide coherence to patients, symptions, and validation and ligitmation of their troubles and support for self managememnt of their problems adult adhd. Conrad documents in the dsm 2 minimal brain damage a childhood disorder characterized by overactivity and restlessness, distractability and sort attention span. 1970 study tracked children diagnosed with this disorder as they grew up, found symptions persisted into adolescence. 1980 two changes to dsm: criteria of diagnosis were broaded beyond a school setting, name of condition changed to add. 1987 dsm 3 had chamged the criteria again. Way symptoms were described included work places.
