Abstract

LEGNANI, Viviane Neves  and  ALMEIDA, Sandra Francesca Conte de. A diagnostic construction of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a  critic discussion. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2008, vol.60, n.1, pp. 02-13. ISSN 1809-5267.

The present article analyses critically the current discursive medical production around the investigations of the psyche and its psychopathological manifestations, based on the neurosciences advances. This affirmative causes a common diagnostic which reduces the subjective and social manifestations to categories such as “disturbs” and “disorders”. Considering the childhood, the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) is a description which is more used within this diagnostic view. We aim to enclose a reflexive area, through a bibliographical research of this diagnosis, with the objective to contribute to a critical conception’s construction for the professionals who deal with children diagnosed with AD/HD in the clinic and educational field.

Keywords : Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD); Diagnostic; Psychopathology.

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