Diagnosens Janusansikte: exemplet adhd. En livsberättelse om oro, sökandet efter kontroll och
sammanbrott
Engelsk titel: The Janus face of the diagnosis: the example of ADHD. A life story of concern, search for the
control and collapse
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Författare:
Sjöberg, Mattias Nilsson
Email: mattias.nilsson_sjoberg@soc.lu.se.
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 25
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16023175
Sammanfattning
Various neuropsychiatric disorders are a common feature of today. Not least
the adhd diagnosis. The aim of the article is to provide an alternative model
for understanding adhd which differ from the otherwise dominant neurobiological
perspective. The method used was to let a person - Anders who is
almost 30 years - tell about his life and his adhd diagnosis. Through the
told story it becomes clear that Anders adhd, his thoughts and actions, are
intimately interwoven with various contextual conditions. Though Anders accuses
external causes for his failings, he still interprets himself as the one
who is mentally impaired. The article calls for other ways to understand emotional
and behavioral difficulties than perspectives that makes the individual
passive to external circumstances.