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Series editor's introduction Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction    Aim of the book    A diagnosis of our time    An anthropological approach to ADHD    Clarifying concepts: ADHD as experience and diagnostic category    Structure of the book 2. An old disorder or a recent product of medicalization?     A story of ADHD as an ever-present disorder       The incapacity of necessary attention       Children suffer from immortality       Minimal brain damage and anti-school behaviour       A question of neurology: the rise of medical treatment       The DSM era    A one-sided story of ADHD    A critical explanation of ADHD       Medicalization of society       Social, political, and cultural factors behind the emergence of ADHD       Ritalin on the market       Diagnosing adults with ADHD    Concluding remarks 3. What is a diagnosis?     Diagnostic criteria and clinical guidelines    What is diagnosis for?    Creating mental illness    Putting a name to it    Living in a diagnostic culture    A neurochemical era       A shift in thinking about the human being       The self in medical terms    Conluding remarks 4. Experiences and implications of getting an ADHD diagnosis    The explanatory force of a diagnosis and questions of responsibility    Restructuring narratives and self-perceptions    Evaluating yourself and considering new questions    Restructuring practices and crafting skills    Ambivalence towards the diagnosis    Taking medication and experimenting with experiences    A moral concern: becoming the person you want to be    Concluding remarks 5. Explaining and making use of an ADHD diagnosis      Dynamics between explanations and experiences    Identifying with ADHD    Distancing from ADHD    Explanations of ADHD and expectations of treatment    Having or being ADHD?    Concluding remarks 6. ADHD as a temporal phenomenon     Studying rhythms and experiences of time    The rhythms of the body    When the world is at a different pace    Social synchronization: trying to keep up but lagging behind    Developing time-work strategies    Is society catching up on ADHD    Concluding remarks 7. Conclusion    Becoming someone with ADHD    Explanatory models of ADHD    ADHD as a relational phenomenon    Avenues for future research    Implications and recommendations for practice Index