This book offers an exploration of the intersection between ADHD diagnosis, attachment theory, and epistemic injustice, centring the lived experiences of mothers who have been blamed for their child’s ADHD diagnosis.
With new insights into the cultural and sociological dimensions of ADHD, attachment theory, and the clinical field’s understanding of mothers, it will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of ADHD in children, gender studies, attachment and feminist theories. Practitioners working in women’s mental health and injustice studies may also find the volume of use, along with paediatricians and those interested in issues affecting neurodiversity.
This timely volume offers a novel exploration of the intersection between ADHD diagnosis, attachment theory, and epistemic injustice, centring the lived experiences of mothers who have been blamed for their child’s ADHD diagnosis.
Preface
AcknowledgementsIntroduction
Chapter 1: Diagnosing ADHD - ADHD Services in the UK: a case study
Chapter 2: Examining attachment theory in historical and contemporary
context
Chapter 3: Matricentric feminism - a solution to epistemic injustice towards
mother of children with ADHD
Chapter 4: Using qualitative research in healthcare
Chapter 5: Interview analysis: blame, beliefs, and battles
Chapter 6: Interview analysis: the third space
Chapter 7: Removing the blame
Concluding remarks
Bozena Zoric is Consultant Paediatrician, NHS in Guildford and Private Clinic, UK and Ambassador, ADHD Embrace.
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