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Identifying Hyperactive Children: The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior
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Identifying Hyperactive Children: The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior Expanded Edition Hardback - 2006

by Peter Conrad

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This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD, originally published in 1976. The book centres on an empirical study of the process of identifying hyperactive children, providing a perceptive and accessible introduction to the concepts and issues involved. In this revised edition, Peter Conrad sets the original study in context, demonstrating the continuing relevance of his research. He highlights the issues at stake, outlining recent changes in our understanding of ADHD and reviewing recent sociological research. Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, USA. He has written extensively in the area of medical sociology, publishing nine books and over eighty articles and chapters.

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  • Title Identifying Hyperactive Children: The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior Expanded Edition
  • Author Peter Conrad
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 2nd Revised edit
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Publication date March 30, 2006
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780754645184 / 0754645185
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects Deviant behavior, Hyperactive children
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005929786
  • Dewey Decimal Code 618.928

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  • Scitech Book News, 06/01/2006, Page 92

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Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, USA. He has written extensively in the area of medical sociology, and published over eighty articles and chapters and nine books.
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