Böcker av Sami Timimi

Rates of diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in children have shot up in recent years. So too has the prescription of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs and stimulants. Yet the diagnoses are based on weak science, questionable research and powerful financial incentives. Sami Timimi questions why.

Uses a wide variety of sources to shape our understanding of childhood problems and how to deal with them, including the role of culture, beliefs, science, social hierarchy and power.

Boys in the West are being labelled as having psychiatric disorders, behaviour problems and special educational needs, and are receiving psychiatric drugs in ever-greater numbers.

This book brings together, for the first time, a selection of international critiques on the role of ADHD in our society today, looking at how diagnoses have increased in recent years and the reasons behind this. Topics range from genetics to social culture, offering a comprehensive overview of this area.

Bringing together knowledgeable specialists across the spectrum of child and adolescent psychiatry, this text questions many of psychiatry's cherished assumptions, and offers different ways of thinking about theory and practice. It also explores the influence of drug companies, the impact of trauma, the crisis in academic medicine, and more.

In this groundbreaking book, the authors dispute the concept of autism and explore the cultural and political reasons why the number of those diagnosed with it has increased over the years. This is a must-read for students studying autism and related disorders as well as practitioners working in the mental health services.