A.D.D: A Sociological Phenomen
Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.), which effects 3-5% of America’s children, mostly being middle class males, is believed to be a neurologically based disorder, most likely with a genetic origin. Symptoms include hyperactivity (fidgeting, excessive running and climbing, and frequently leaving one’s desk during class), impulsivity (blurting out answers in class, interrupting, and losing things often), and inattention (forgetfulness, disorganization and losing things). There is no medical diagnosis for this disorder, but assessment includes parent, child and teacher interviews, a medical exam, and placement on a behavior rating scale and performance tests, and it then usually treated with Ritalin (Armstrong, 1995). If one is to say that A.D.D is a biological or psychological problem, therefore saying that the problem is within the child, then it would need to be diagnosed exclusively with biological or psychological testing. However, since diagnosis is primarily based on subjective values, such as the child’s behavior in social settings, it must be a sociological problem and have social causes. The recent “outbreak” of A.D.D. can only be explained by a breakdown at the micro social level, or of the familial institut
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