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Names: Bergey, Meredith, 1980– editor. | Filipe, Angela, 1983– editor. |

Conrad, Peter, 1945– editor. | Singh, Ilina, editor.
Title: Global perspectives on ADHD : social dimensions of diagnosis and
treatment in 16 countries / [edited by] Meredith R. Bergey, Angela M.
Filipe, Peter Conrad, Ilina Singh.
Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017008832 | ISBN 9781421423791 (paperback : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781421423807 (electronic) | ISBN 1421423790 (paperback : alk. paper)
| ISBN 1421423804 (electronic)
Subjects: | MESH: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity | Global
Health—ethnology | Sociological Factors | Cross-Cultural Comparison |
Child | Adolescent
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Contents

List of Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 ADHD in Global Context: An Introduction 1

Meredith R. Bergey and Angela M. Filipe

2 The Rise and Transformation of ADHD in the United States 9

Meredith R. Bergey and Peter Conrad

3 In the Elephant’s Shadow: The Canadian ADHD Context 34

Claudia Malacrida and Tiffani Semach

4 Historical, Cultural, and Sociopolitical Influences on Australia’s

Response to ADHD 54
Brenton J. Prosser and Linda J. Graham

5 The Medicalization of Fidgety Philip: ADHD in Germany 77

Fabian Karsch

6 ADHD in the United Kingdom: Conduct, Class, and Stigma 97

Ilina Singh

7 The Emergence and Shaping of ADHD in Portugal:

Ambiguities of a Diagnosis “in the Making” 118
Angela M. Filipe

8 Transformations in the Irish ADHD Disorder Regime—

from a Disorder “You Have to Fight to Get” to One
“You Have to Wait to Get” 138
Claire Edwards and Órla O’Donovan

9 The Journey of ADHD in Argentina: From the Increase in

Methylphenidate Use to Tensions among Health Professionals 162
Silvia A. Faraone and Eugenia Bianchi
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10 Academic and Professional Tensions and Debates around

ADHD in Brazil 186
Francisco Ortega, Rafaela Zorzanelli, and Valéria Portugal Gonçalves

11 ADHD in the Italian Context: Children in the Midst of Social

and Political Debates 208
Alessandra Frigerio and Lorenzo Montali

12 The French ADHD Landscape: Maintaining and Dealing

with Multiple Uncertainties 233
Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa

13 ADHD in Japan 261

A Sociological Perspective 261
Mari J. Armstrong-Hough
Epidemiology, Treatments, and Cultural Influences 269
Yasuo Murayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Junko Teruyama, and Masatsugu Tsujii

14 Pharmaceuticalization through Government Funding Activities:

ADHD in New Zealand 288
Manuel Vallée

15 From Problematic Children to Problematic Diagnosis:

The Paradoxical Trajectories of Child and Adolescent
ADHD in Chile 310
Sebastián Rojas Navarro, Patricio Rojas, and Mónica Peña Ochoa

16 The Development of Child Psychiatry and the

Biomedicalization of ADHD in Taiwan 332
Fan-Tzu Tseng

17 Exploring the ADHD Diagnosis in Ghana: Between

Disrespect and Lack of Institutionalization 354
Christian Bröer, Rachel Spronk, and Victor Kraak

18 Reflections on ADHD in a Global Context 376

Peter Conrad and Ilina Singh

Index 391