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Global Perspectives
on ADHD
social dimensions
of diagnosis and treatment
in sixteen countries
Edited by
Meredith R. Bergey
Angela M. Filipe
Peter Conrad
Ilina Singh
Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Bergey, Meredith, 1980– editor. | Filipe, Angela, 1983– editor. |
Conrad, Peter, 1945– editor. | Singh, Ilina, editor.
Title: Global perspectives on ADHD : social dimensions of diagnosis and
treatment in 16 countries / [edited by] Meredith R. Bergey, Angela M.
Filipe, Peter Conrad, Ilina Singh.
Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017008832 | ISBN 9781421423791 (paperback : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781421423807 (electronic) | ISBN 1421423790 (paperback : alk. paper)
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Subjects: | MESH: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity | Global
Health— ethnology | So cio log i cal Factors | Cross- Cultural Comparison |
Child | Adolescent
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Contents
List of Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 ADHD in Global Context: An Introduction 1
Meredith R. Bergey and Angela M. Filipe
2 The Rise and Transformation of ADHD in the United States 9
Meredith R. Bergey and Peter Conrad
3 In the Elephant’s Shadow: The Canadian ADHD Context 34
Claudia Malacrida and Tiffani Semach
4 Historical, Cultural, and Sociopo liti cal Influences on Australia’s
Response to ADHD 54
Brenton J. Prosser and Linda J. Graham
5 The Medicalization of Fidgety Philip: ADHD in Germany 77
Fabian Karsch
6 ADHD in the United Kingdom: Conduct, Class, and Stigma 97
Ilina Singh
7 The Emergence and Shaping of ADHD in Portugal:
Ambiguities of a Diagnosis “in the Making” 118
Angela M. Filipe
8 Transformations in the Irish ADHD Disorder Regime—
from a Disorder “You Have to Fight to Get” to One
“You Have to Wait to Get” 138
Claire Edwards and Órla O’Donovan
9 The Journey of ADHD in Argentina: From the Increase in
Methylphenidate Use to Tensions among Health Professionals 162
Silvia A. Faraone and Eugenia Bianchi
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10 Academic and Professional Tensions and Debates around
ADHD in Brazil 186
Francisco Ortega, Rafaela Zorzanelli, and Valéria Portugal Gonçalves
11 ADHD in the Italian Context: C hildren in the Midst of Social
and Po liti cal Debates 208
Alessandra Frigerio and Lorenzo Montali
12 The French ADHD Landscape: Maintaining and Dealing
with Multiple Uncertainties 233
Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa
13 ADHD in Japan 261
A So cio log i cal Perspective 261
Mari J. Armstrong- Hough
Epidemiology, Treatments, and Cultural Influences 269
Yasuo Murayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Junko Teruyama, and Masatsugu Tsujii
14 Pharmaceuticalization through Government Funding Activities:
ADHD in New Zealand 288
Manuel Vallée
15 From Problematic C hildren to Problematic Diagnosis:
The Paradoxical Trajectories of Child and Adolescent
ADHD in Chile 310
Sebastián Rojas Navarro, Patricio Rojas, and Mónica Peña Ochoa
16 The Development of Child Psychiatry and the
Biomedicalization of ADHD in Taiwan 332
Fan- Tzu Tseng
17 Exploring the ADHD Diagnosis in Ghana: Between
Disrespect and Lack of Institutionalization 354
Christian Bröer, Rachel Spronk, and Victor Kraak
18 Reflections on ADHD in a Global Context 376
Peter Conrad and Ilina Singh
Index 391
Contributors
Madeleine Akrich, PhD, Director of Research, Mines ParisTech, France
Mari J. Armstrong- Hough, PhD, MPH, Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology,
Yale University, United States
Meredith R. Bergey, PhD, MSc, MPH, Assistant Professor, Villanova University,
United States
Eugenia Bianchi, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA),
and Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (UBA), Argentina.
Assistant Researcher, National Scientific and Technical Research Council
(CONICET), Argentina
Christian Bröer, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Peter Conrad, PhD, Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences, Brandeis University,
United States
Claire Edwards, Lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork,
Ireland
Silvia A. Faraone, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires
(UBA), and Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (UBA),
Argentina
Angela M. Filipe, PhD, Research Fellow in Social Science, London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Alessandra Frigerio, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Psy chol ogy, Department of
Psy chol ogy, University of Milano- Bicocca, Italy
Valéria Portugal Gonçalves, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social
Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Linda J. Graham, PhD, MEd, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technol-
ogy, Australia
Hiroyuki Ito, PhD, Assistant Professor, Research Center for Child M ental Development,
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
viii Contributors
Fabian Karsch, PhD, MA, Postdoctoral Lecturer in Sociology and Health Science,
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Victor Kraak, MA, Chartered Psychotherapist, NPI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Claudia Malacrida, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Associate Vice President of
Research, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Lorenzo Montali, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Psy chol ogy, Department of
Psy chol ogy, University of Milano- Bicocca, Italy
Yasuo Murayama, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,
Kobe Gakuin University, Japan
Órla O’Donovan, Lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies, University College
Cork, Ireland
Francisco Ortega, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute for Social Medicine, State
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mónica Peña Ochoa, PhD, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Brenton J. Prosser, PhD, Se nior Research Fellow, Australian National University,
Australia
Vololona Rabeharisoa, PhD, Professor of Sociology, Mines ParisTech, France
Patricio Rojas, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of
London, United Kingdom
Sebastián Rojas Navarro, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
and PhD Candidate, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King’s
College London, United Kingdom
Tiffani Semach, MA, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Ilina Singh, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Society, University of Oxford,
United Kingdom
Rachel Spronk, PhD, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, University of
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Junko Teruyama, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Library, Information, and
Media Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Masatsugu Tsujii, MA, Professor, School of Con temporary Sociology, Chukyo
University, Japan
Fan- Tzu Tseng, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Fu- Jen Catholic University,
Taiwan
Manuel Vallée, PhD, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Rafaela Zorzanelli, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute for Social Medicine, State
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Preface
This volume represents the collective effort of the four editors and the range of
authors who contributed chapters. The book’s origin stems back to a conversa-
tion between Peter Conrad and Ilina Singh in 2013. Peter and Ilina each had
long- term research interests in ADHD and had conducted research in the United
States and the United Kingdom, respectively. That conversation then extended
to include two other researchers with interests in ADHD: Meredith Bergey and
Angela Filipe. Peter and Meredith had already completed an article on the inter-
national migration of ADHD diagnosis and treatment and both Ilina and Angela
had explored some comparative aspects of ADHD. Together we knew that t here
was no extant volume on the social dimensions of ADHD in diff er ent countries
and we agreed that it would be a worthwhile endeavor to produce such a book.
Thus our editorial team was born, with roots extending across both sides of the
Atlantic.
The editors deci ded early on in the proj ect that, with the exception of some
general, specific topics that each author would be asked to touch on, chapters
should be unique: focusing on case studies of specific countries rather than fol-
lowing formal comparative guidelines for each chapter. Wherever pos si ble we
wanted to emphasize the social dimensions of diagnosis and treatment from a
social science perspective. Thus we solicited researchers whose work aligned
with such a perspective, as opposed to the more clinical discussions that we felt
had dominated much of the lit er a ture on ADHD. We located these authors
through our own networks, contacting scholars who were engaged in ADHD re-
search in a specific country, and asking colleagues about potential contributors.
This turned out to be a greater, more time- intensive challenge than we had first
anticipated.
In the end, we included authors for 16 countries. These are for the most part a
purposive sample of countries, that is, countries where we could locate contribu-
tors with appropriate expertise. We w ere disappointed not to end up with contri-
butions from additional countries, but we could not always locate appropriately
