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Author Timimi, Sami.

Title Naughty boys : anti-social behaviour, ADHD, and the role of culture / Sami Timimi.

Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  618.9289 T583N    Check Shelf
Description xv, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Is this boy naughty? -- The influence of culture on problem-defining -- Visions of childhood in Western history -- Contemporary childhood -- The story so far -- Problem-defining patterns in non-Western cultures -- An African childhood -- An Aboriginal childhood -- A South Asian childhood -- An Arab childhood -- A Far Eastern childhood -- A recap -- The universalization of childhood -- Conclusion -- 2. The genetically programmed child -- A quick recap -- Developmentalism and anti-developmentalism -- The spectre of eugenics -- The culture of medicalization and the pharmaceutical industry -- 3. Carrot, stick and other popular ways of dealing with naughtiness -- The influence of culture when dealing with naughty boys -- Carrot and stick -- Acceptance and encouraging emotional expression -- Developing a value system -- Developing self-esteem, independence and mastering emotions -- The role of religion and the supernatural -- Medication -- The role of schools and education -- The role of government -- 4. How Western culture encourages anti-social behaviour -- Lessons from India and South Asia -- Lessons from Arab and Middle-Eastern countries -- Lessons from Central and Southern Africa -- The effect of contemporary Western culture on children's behaviour -- Globalization and universalizing -- 5. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : a cultural-political perspective -- A new category of childhood, the ADHD child -- A brief history of ADHD -- The genetically programmed child and ADHD, is the scientific evidence good enough? -- ADHD as culture-specific solution to culture-specific problems -- The influence of culture in causing ADHD-type behaviours, is Western culture ADHD-ogenic? -- Developing non-toxic solutions for ADHD type behaviours -- 6. Multi-perspective approaches 1 : the influence of culture on defining a problem -- Normalizing boy behaviour -- Reframing -- Noticing and amplifying strengths -- Deconstructing expertise -- 7. Multi-perspective approaches 2 : developing diverse solutions -- The use of medication -- Teaching parenting skills -- Therapy with the child -- Other Western therapies -- The influence of non-Western psychologies -- 8. Multi-perspective approaches 3 : examining our values -- Transference and counter-transference -- The social and cultural unconscious in professional circles -- Developing a value system -- On the struggle to become a post-modern practitioner -- Putting the cart before the horse?
Summary "The behaviour of boys is a social issue that affects us all. Boys are three to ten times more likely than girls to be labelled with a disability, a psychiatric disorder, as having special needs, to receive psychiatric drugs and to get in trouble with the police. In this unique text, Sami Timimi argues that this crisis reflects a fundamental ambivalence that Western culture has towards children, which affects boys in particular." "Using material from diverse sources, including sociology, psychology, medicine, anthropology, history, philosophy, psychoanalysis and personal experience, Naughty Boys discusses how Western society's political, social and economic value system is bad for children and families. The author argues that when it comes to the important task of child rearing, people in the West have much that they could learn from the developing world. This important and timely text will be of interest to all professionals who deal with children, including psychiatrists, counsellors and psychotherapists, psychologists, teachers, paediatricians, social workers and nurses."--Jacket.
Subject Junge, ... (DE-588)126544387
Behavior disorders in children.
Behavior disorders in adolescence.
Teenage boys -- Mental health.
Boys -- Mental health.
Attention-deficit-disordered children.
Attention-deficit-disordered children. (OCoLC)fst00820834
Behavior disorders in adolescence. (OCoLC)fst01429850
Behavior disorders in children. (OCoLC)fst00829899
Boys -- Mental health. (OCoLC)fst00837377
Teenage boys -- Mental health. (OCoLC)fst01145386
Junge.
Verhaltensstörung (DE-588)4062872-3
Child Development.
ISBN 140394511X (pbk.)
9781403945112 (pbk.)
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