Abstract

BIANCHI, Eugenia. Psychiatric diagnoses of children, biomedicalization and DSM: towards a new (ab)normality?. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.1, pp.417-430. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.14128210715.

This article presents the results from postdoctoral research that addresses recent transformations in the diagnosis of children’ s mental health through the analysis of two categories: ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). Using analytical and interpretative methods taken from a specialist bibliography, the author recovers and systematizes topics addressed from the perspectives of medicalization and biomedicalization. Studies on risks to mental health are also used for the analysis of the psychiatric classifications analysis already mentioned. As a contribution to these fields, the author develops the hypothesis that the changes made to the DSM-5 psychiatric classification manual, specifically for ADHD and ASD can be understood in the light of the broader processes of medicalization and biomedicalization that have a particular focus on childhood.

Keywords : diagnosis; childhood; biomedicalization; risk; ADHD; autism; DSM.

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