"Mas, não tem um remedinho,não?": a medicalização da infância

• Autor(a) principal: Araujo, Claudia Borges da Silveira de
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRJ
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11422/15749
• topic: Medicalização; Transtorno do deficit de atenção com hiperatividade; Medicalization; Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA::SAUDE MATERNO-INFANTIL

During psychological care provided in a children's clinic it was observed that many children are referred to the clinic with a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This fact calls attention to the phenomenon defined as medicalization. Thus, some questions can be made: What would the medicalization phenomenon be? How are the diagnoses made? What are the implications of such diagnosis for the child and his/her family? In an attempt to contribute to the discussion of these questions, this work investigates the historical and social development of the medicalization phenomenon, examining its consequences in clinical practice and in childhood. For this purpose, a theoretical and conceptual study of medicalization of childhood will be made, examining some references in literature with a review of its most important aspects.