Malacrida, Claudia.

Cold Comfort : Mothers, Professionals, and Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (315 pages)

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue -- 1 Why Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder, Why Mothers? -- 2 Methodology -- 3 British and Canadian Con(text)ual Spaces -- 4 Mothers Talk about the Early Years -- 5 Ideals and Actualities in Identification and Assessment -- 6 Challenges and Conflicts in Treating AD(H)D -- 7 Resistance, Risk, and the Chimera of Choice -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- APPENDIXES -- 1 ICD-10 (1993) Diagnostic Criteria for Research -- 2 DSM IV (1994) Criteria for AD(H)D -- 3 Brief Biographical Details of Participants -- 4 Interview Guide -- 5 List of Textual Materials Examined -- 6 Sample Parent Assessment Observation Checklists -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Drawing on both poststructural discourse analysis and feminist standpoint theory, Malacrida makes a critical contribution to qualitative methodologies by developing a feminist discursive ethnography of the construction of AD(H)D in two divergent cultures.

9781442673038


Attention-deficit-disordered children.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder-Cross-cultural studies.
Mother and child-Mental health.


Electronic books.

RJ506.H9 M34 2003

362.1/968589/00942