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ERIC Number: EJ747123
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Dec
Pages: 22
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 71
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0007-1005
Historical Reflections on the Ascendancy of ADHD in North America, c. 1980 - c. 2005
Neufeld, Paul; Foy, Michael
British Journal of Educational Studies, v54 n4 p449-470 Dec 2006
An ecological niche framework (Hacking, 1998) is utilised to examine the growth of ADHD in North America. The analysis suggests ADHD flourishes, at least in part, due to a complex and historically situated interaction of factors that created a niche within which a particular kind of explanation and treatment for the troubling behaviours of children can and does thrive.
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Foreign Countries, Models, Influences, Children, History, Child Behavior, Hyperactivity, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: North America