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“[W]e are apt to forget that mental health categories are tied closely to culture. [...] A striking example of how cultural beliefs and social forces figured in the invention of new categories of "mental illness" occurred in the nineteenth century, when a prominent Southern physician named Samuel Cartwright described two types of "insanity" peculiar to slaves[,] drapetomania and dysaesthesia aethiopica. The first was to be diagnosed whenever a slave attempted to run away. The second was thought to be present when a slave displayed idleness or disrespect for his master's property. Cartwright recommended light whippings as a cure for both ailments.”
― A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
― A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
“In our pharmed culture, mischievous boys like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn would not be seen as active, adventure-loving kids who skipped school now and then because they were bored in a classroom that offered them little of interest. Society today would label them "mentally disabled" and give them drugs to make them behave like "normal" children.”
― A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
― A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
“I believe ADHD is a constellation of symptoms that our society interprets as a medical condition [...]. ADHD certainly "exists," in the sense that many children exhibit behaviors that parents and teachers can see and doctors can measure. But in my view ADHD is neither an unnatural condition of childhood nor an illness that requires medication. Often, behaviors tagged as ADHD are normal childhood responses to stressful situations. I believe ADHD is overdiagnosed and overmedicated and that well-meaning parents from all backgrounds have been duped into believing that their perfectly normal and healthy child needs powerful psychostimulant medications just to be "normal" and successful. I believe this is harmful to parents and to children, and I believe there is a better way.”
― A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
― A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
