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Structuring the Self: Moral Implications of Getting an ADHD Diagnosis.
- Source :
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Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology . Dec2018, Vol. 83 Issue 5, p892-908. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- In this article, I examine experiences of getting an ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) diagnosis in adulthood. I illustrate how getting an ADHD diagnosis is a process in which existential questions are raised; judgements and choices are made; and everyday practices are scrutinised, evaluated and changed. Inspired by an analytical framework offered by anthropologist Cheryl Mattingly and based on interviews with adults diagnosed with ADHD, I analyse the implications of being diagnosed with ADHD. I argue that the implications entail various moral tasks that can be analysed from what Mattingly calls three moral scenes: (1) the trial where moral judgements are made; (2) the workshop where practices are cultivated and (3) the moral laboratory where everyday experiments are carried out. In closing, I will briefly discuss the societal conditions for how diagnoses have become carriers of self-understandings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00141844
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132187129
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2017.1362454