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portada Rethinking Adhd: From Brain to Culture
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2009
Language
English
Pages
234
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0230507123
ISBN13
9780230507128
Edition No.
1

Rethinking Adhd: From Brain to Culture

Sami Timimi (Author) · Palgrave · Paperback

Rethinking Adhd: From Brain to Culture - Sami Timimi

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Synopsis "Rethinking Adhd: From Brain to Culture "

In the past decade, there have been an increasing number of authors who have written about ADHD from a critical perspective. These critiques have ranged from questioning the existence of the disorder and the way it is currently conceptualized in mainstream medicine to the safety and efficacy of popular drug treatment regimes for ADHD. However, each of these critical authors have focused on their own particular area of interest, be this culture, genetics, the influence of drug company marketing, the effects of medication, particular treatment regimes, and so on. This book brings together a variety of critical perspectives, with each contribution dealing with a particular issue from culture to genetics and drug companies to nutrition.
Sami Timimi
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Sami Timimi es un psiquiatra infantil y adolescente británico, nacido en Irak, reconocido por sus críticas al modelo dominante de salud mental y por sus aportes al debate sobre la medicalización de la infancia. Ha desarrollado su labor clínica y académica en el Reino Unido, combinando la práctica psiquiátrica con la investigación sobre crianza, educación, diagnóstico y bienestar emocional. Es autor de Qué es ser normal (What’s Normal?), una obra en la que cuestiona las definiciones convencionales de normalidad y plantea una reflexión sobre cómo la sociedad interpreta las diferencias humanas.

También ha publicado libros como A Straight Talking Introduction to Children’s Mental Health y The Myth of Autism, donde analiza críticamente los enfoques actuales sobre trastornos infantiles. Su trabajo ha generado debate internacional por promover una mirada más contextual y menos reduccionista de la salud mental.
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