"A massive long way": Interconnecting histories, a "special child," ADHD, and everyday family life

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-607

  Garro, Linda C ^a   Yarris, Kristin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Everyday life; Families; Illness experience; Moral experience; Narrative; United States; Volition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MALE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOLITION;

EID: 70350337681     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-009-9155-1     Document Type: Article

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