THE MEDICALISATION OF CHILDHOOD IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE: THE PARADIGMATIC CASE OF ATTENTION DISORDERS

This article is an invitation to the debate about the phenomenon of the medicalisation of childhood in mental healthcare, appealing for awareness among practitioners. For this purpose, we analyse, from the point of view of epistemology, the paradigmatic case of Attention Deficit Disorder, with or wi...

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Main Author: Carlos Javier López Castilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Spanish Psychological Association (Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos) 2015-09-01
Series:Papeles del Psicólogo
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Online Access:http://www.papelesdelpsicologo.es/english/2610.pdf