Annotated Bibliography
“International Consensus Statement on ADHD, January 2002.” Clinical Child and Family
Psychology Review 5(2): 89-111; Jun 2002 Web. 18 Oct. 2013.
This statement was used to illustrate how the medical community uniformly appeals to the media and the layman community urging the acknowledgement of ADHD as a medical disorder.
Maturo, Antonio. "Medicalization: Current Concept and Future Directions in a Bionic Society."
Mens Sana Monographs, 10.1 (2012): 122-133. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.
The article gives insightful perspectives on social implications of medicalization for the characteristics of human behaviors that were not in the past considered pathological.
Nylund, David. Treating Huckleberry Finn. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000. Print.
A comprehensive and critical analysis by an M.D. in all aspects of the development of ADHD for the last two decades along with an older historical background.
Sadler, John Z., et. al. “Can Medicalization be Good? Situating Medicalization within Bioethics.”
Theor Med Bioeth (2009) 30:411–425. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
This article philosophically analyzes the current inclination towards medicalization of matters that were not traditionally in the medical domain (a social phenomenon - poverty, human nature - death and human behaviors - ADHD). The article claims that the debate over medicalization of ADHD is an ethical dilenma of which root can be traced in the ideological difference between libertarialism and liberalism.
Sciutto, Mark J. and Miriam Eisenberg. “Evaluating the Evidence For and the Against
Overdiagnosis of ADHD.” Journal of Attention Disorders 2007 11: 106-113. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
Strictly scientific, neutral and numerical analysis in regards to the central debating point of overdiagnosing. The article concludes that currently there is no sufficient evidence to support the public perception that ADHD is systematically over diagnosed.
Slver, Larry B. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and
Treatment for Health and Mental Health Professionals. 2nd ed. Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Press, 1999. Print.
The book was helpful in understanding the medical community’s approach for the treatment of ADHD. It was straightforward and factual even in reference to the controversy.
Stein, David B. Ritalin is not the Answer: A Drug-Free, Practical Program for Children
Diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999. Print.
Emotionally charged, this book attempts to formulate the idea that ADHD is a medical myth through rather simple writing. Many of what is written here overwraps Nylund’s perspectives and statements (the same publisher, only a year apart).
“International Consensus Statement on ADHD, January 2002.” Clinical Child and Family
Psychology Review 5(2): 89-111; Jun 2002 Web. 18 Oct. 2013.
This statement was used to illustrate how the medical community uniformly appeals to the media and the layman community urging the acknowledgement of ADHD as a medical disorder.
Maturo, Antonio. "Medicalization: Current Concept and Future Directions in a Bionic Society."
Mens Sana Monographs, 10.1 (2012): 122-133. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.
The article gives insightful perspectives on social implications of medicalization for the characteristics of human behaviors that were not in the past considered pathological.
Nylund, David. Treating Huckleberry Finn. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000. Print.
A comprehensive and critical analysis by an M.D. in all aspects of the development of ADHD for the last two decades along with an older historical background.
Sadler, John Z., et. al. “Can Medicalization be Good? Situating Medicalization within Bioethics.”
Theor Med Bioeth (2009) 30:411–425. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
This article philosophically analyzes the current inclination towards medicalization of matters that were not traditionally in the medical domain (a social phenomenon - poverty, human nature - death and human behaviors - ADHD). The article claims that the debate over medicalization of ADHD is an ethical dilenma of which root can be traced in the ideological difference between libertarialism and liberalism.
Sciutto, Mark J. and Miriam Eisenberg. “Evaluating the Evidence For and the Against
Overdiagnosis of ADHD.” Journal of Attention Disorders 2007 11: 106-113. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
Strictly scientific, neutral and numerical analysis in regards to the central debating point of overdiagnosing. The article concludes that currently there is no sufficient evidence to support the public perception that ADHD is systematically over diagnosed.
Slver, Larry B. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and
Treatment for Health and Mental Health Professionals. 2nd ed. Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Press, 1999. Print.
The book was helpful in understanding the medical community’s approach for the treatment of ADHD. It was straightforward and factual even in reference to the controversy.
Stein, David B. Ritalin is not the Answer: A Drug-Free, Practical Program for Children
Diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999. Print.
Emotionally charged, this book attempts to formulate the idea that ADHD is a medical myth through rather simple writing. Many of what is written here overwraps Nylund’s perspectives and statements (the same publisher, only a year apart).