The Discovery of Hyperkinesis: Notes on the Medicalization of Deviant Behavior.

Conrad, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ131942

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Discovery of Hyperkinesis: Notes on the Medicalization of Deviant Behavior

Conrad, Peter

Social Problems, 23, 1, 12-21, Oct 75

Presents a brief history of the diagnosis and treatment of hyperkinesis, focusing on the social and clinical factors involved with this medicalization; and then considers the problem of expert control, medical social control, the individualization of social problems, and the depoliticization of deviant behavior, as well as ramifications for the study of deviance. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Drug Education, Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity, Medical Services, Social Problems, Sociology, Student Behavior, Student Problems

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