Commentary: Perspectives on ADHD in children and adolescents as a social construct amidst rising prevalence of diagnosis and medication use

Front Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 25:15:1383492. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1383492. eCollection 2024.

Author

Tycho J Dekkers^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Accare Child Study Center, Groningen, Netherlands.
² Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, Netherlands.
³ Specialists in Youth and Family Care, Levvel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Keywords: ADHD; decontextualization; medication; paradigm; prognostic pessimism; stigma.

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