Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in France and Ireland: parents' groups' scientific and political framing of an unsettled condition

Claire Edwards (1) , Etaoine Howlett (1) , Madeleine Akrich (2) , Vololona Rabeharisoa (2)

1 UCC - University College Cork
2 CSI i3 - Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation i3

Examines how groups representing children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in France and Ireland engage within this contested medical domain, and challenges the frequently made association between the process of medicalisation and de-politicisation.

Mots clés: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); parents' groups; France; Ireland; evidence-based medecine; medicalisation; politicisation

Domaines: Sociologie

Claire Edwards, Etaoine Howlett, Madeleine Akrich, Vololona Rabeharisoa. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in France and Ireland: parents' groups' scientific and political framing of an unsettled condition. 2012. ⟨halshs-00702082⟩