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      Brain talk: power and negotiation in children’s discourse about self, brain and behaviour

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      Sociology of Health & Illness
      Blackwell Publishing Ltd
      ADHD, brain, self, children, Ritalin

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          This article examines children’s discourse about self, brain and behaviour, focusing on the dynamics of power, knowledge and responsibility articulated by children. The empirical data discussed in this article are drawn from the study of Voices on Identity, Childhood, Ethics and Stimulants, which included interviews with 151 US and UK children, a subset of whom had a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Despite their contact with psychiatric explanations and psychotropic drugs for their behaviour, children’s discursive engagements with the brain show significant evidence of agency and negotiated responsibility. These engagements suggest the limitations of current concepts that describe a collapse of the self into the brain in an age of neurocentrism. Empirical investigation is needed in order to develop agent-centred conceptual and theoretical frameworks that describe and evaluate the harms and benefits of treating children with psychotropic drugs and other brain-based technologies.

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                Journal
                Sociol Health Illn
                Sociol Health Illn
                shil
                Sociology of Health & Illness
                Blackwell Publishing Ltd (Oxford, UK )
                0141-9889
                1467-9566
                July 2013
                25 October 2012
                : 35
                : 6
                : 813-827
                Affiliations
                Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine King's College, London
                Author notes
                Address for correspondence: Ilina Singh, Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine, King’s College, Strand, London WC2R 2LS e-mail for contact: ilina.singh@ 123456kcl.ac.uk

                Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set out at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/onlineopen#OnlineOpen_Terms

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                10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01531.x
                3757316
                23094965
                e5168f4f-aabc-47c1-93c0-36bdcc765224
                © 2012 The Author. Sociology of Health & Illness © 2012 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness/John Wiley & Sons Ltd

                Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation.

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                Sociology
                adhd,brain,self,children,ritalin
                Sociology
                adhd, brain, self, children, ritalin

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