Black label society: a critique regarding the medicalization of children and adolescents

Authors

  • Gisele Toassa Universidade Federal de Goiás

Keywords:

medicalization, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), methylphenidate, child education, learning disorders

Abstract

This text is a book´s review towards the first edition of “Medicalization of children and adolescents: conflicts silenced by the reduction of social issues to diseases of individuals”, which discusses the publication´s relevance as a criticism of (psycho)pathologies and their treatments. The book succeeds in rigorously deconstructing the “science” that legitimates the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), exposing how the pharmaceutical industry has been systematically concealing the profound collateral effects of the methylphenidate, the drug which treats it. The publication also presents papers by health and education practitioners, representing a remarkable effort directed to change the child/adolescent health care and education.

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Author Biography

Gisele Toassa, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Psicóloga pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp-2002), Bacharel em Fonoaudiologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (2000), com Mestrado em Educação (Unesp-2004) e Doutorado em Psicologia Escolar e do Desenvolvimento Humano pela Universidade de São Paulo (2009). Atualmente, é Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal de Goiás, Faculdade de Educação. Sua produção versa principalmente sobre a obra de L.S. Vigotski, além de crítica literária, movimento social em defesa da criança e do adolescente, epistemologia, teoria e método na psicologia histórico-cultural. Seus principais campos de trabalho são: 1) psicologia história, teoria e método; 2) conceitos de consciência, vivência e emoções na obra de Vigotski; 3) psicologia escolar, da educação e do desenvolvimento humano.

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TESSER, C.D. Medicalização social (I): o excessivo sucesso do epistemicídio moderno na saúde. Interface Comunic, Saúde, Educ, Botucatu, SP, v. 10, n. 19, p. 61–76, jan./jun. 2006.

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Published

2012-09-04

How to Cite

TOASSA, G. Black label society: a critique regarding the medicalization of children and adolescents. Fractal: Journal of Psychology, v. 24, n. 2, p. 429-434, 4 Sep. 2012.

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2012)

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