1st Edition
ADHD, Attachment Theory and Epistemic Injustice Redressing the Undue Blame of Mothers in ADHD Diagnosis
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.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
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
Biography
Bozena Zoric is Consultant Paediatrician, NHS in Guildford and Private Clinic, UK and Ambassador, ADHD Embrace.
'A sorely-needed critical analysis deploying contemporary philosophy and feminist thought to reframe the complexities of ADHD, its diagnosis and treatment. The analysis of the denigration of the voices of mothers in particular, and parents/ carers more generally, in terms of epistemic injustice is incisive.'
- Havi Carel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Bristol, UK
‘Bozena Zoric has produced not just a work of excellent scholarship, but a decisive, compassionate and important intervention for epistemic justice in relation to the understanding of ADHD, and the cultural and medical demonisation of mothers of children with the diagnosis. It’s a must-read contribution to the literature on this ballooning diagnosis, of interest to those working in the critical medical humanities, psychology and psychoanalysis, and feminism and gender. A great achievement!’
- Michael J Flexer, Co-director for Public Engagement, Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, University of Exeter, UK
'This book is an essential reading for anyone concerned with improving the life chances of the 2.5 million UK citizens impacted by ADHD. It is not only a book that gives a voice to parents and children with neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and those with combined ADHD and Autism, it is a major contribution to the debate about why numerous health service reforms, service redesigns and restructures have proved costly and ineffective.'
- Tony Lloyd, Consultant, Trainer, Psychotherapist and Coach, and Neurodiversity Specialist, UK
