ADHD is best understood as a cultural construct
- 2 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 184 (1), 8-9
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.184.1.8
Abstract
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has received significant research attention and is a problem that is rarely out of the news – whether it is concerns about treating children with amphetamines, its over- or underdiagnosis, or the long-term outcomes.Keywords
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