AD(H)D (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) - Pandemic or Social Hysteria? or: When every aberration of the norm becomes a disorder - a critical reflexion and an establishment

Authors

  • Herbert J. Bachler

Abstract

It seems as though AD(H)D in children has significantly increased in industrial nations in the last few years. This increase is paralleled by rising therapy costs, mainly resulting, in turn, from the prescription of corresponding drugs - a practice that has come to figure most prominently in current statistics.

It appears that direct confrontation with our children has taken a back seat; an automatic prescription of drugs tends to become custom.

In light ofthis development, the author calls for a critical assessment ofthe excessive increase in AD(H)D diagnoses and gives an overview of current findings, psychoanalytic interpretations and therapy options for those children for whom a therapeutic treatment seems reasonable and appropriate.

Keywords ADHD; AD(H)S; hyperactivity; diagnosis; therapy; psy-choanalysis; methylphenidate; children; adolescents.

Author Biography

Herbert J. Bachler

Dr. Herbert J. Bachler

Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin, Psychotherapie, Psychoanalyse; Lehraufträge an der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck (MUI) für Allgemeinmedizin, am Psychologischen Institut der Universität Innsbruck, an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Innsbruck; Allg. beeid. u. gerichtl. zertif. Sachverständiger; Supervision; Organisationsberatung

Korrespondenz: Dr. Herbert J. Bachler, Innrain 71/2, 6020 Innsbruck, Österreich,

E-Mail: office@dr-bachler.at, www.dr-bachler.at

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Published

2010-10-01

How to Cite

Bachler, H. J. (2010). AD(H)D (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) - Pandemic or Social Hysteria? or: When every aberration of the norm becomes a disorder - a critical reflexion and an establishment. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (4), 201–207. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/3

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No. 4 (2010): Psychotherapie Forum 18/4 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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