Psychoanalysis for Children with ADHD

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-86314-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

In Psychoanalysis for Children with ADHD, a group of eminent analysts highlight the positive impact that psychoanalytic work and the clinical space can have on children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Thoroughly researched and informed by decades of work in the field, this volume includes contributions from well-known scientists and analysts such as François Gonon and Patrick Landman. Each contribution addresses sensitive and complex issues, including diagnostic criteria, behavioral problems and patterns, pharmacological intervention, ethical implications and the involvement of parents in treatment. Based on empirical data, the contributors offer a well-balanced critique of standardized approaches to ADHD, and make a case for psychoanalysis as an indispensable tool for both the child with ADHD and their caregivers. Throughout, the book shares the importance of the child having a safe space to explain, in their own words, their mind-body experience.

Written in accessible language, this volume will be of interest to all psychoanalysts and psychotherapists working with children, as well as those offering specialized care in a medical or educational setting.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ponnou, Sebastien

Ponnou, Sébastien

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Kinder- & Jugendpsychiatrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword to the English edition Foreword 

Valeria Sommer Dupont

Introduction

1. The scientific discourse on ADHD: evolution, critical analysis and questions

François Gonon

2. Listening to children rather than to the sirens of scientism

Patrick Landman

3. The problem with biomedical approaches and the necessity for psychoanalysis as exemplified by hyperactivity/ADHD

Sébastien Ponnou

4. The hyperactive child, an unusual collective myth, par

Pascal-Henri Keller

5. ADHD: from disorder to individual invention

David Coto

6. Anastasia: a new choreography

Laurence Morel

7. Franck: a case of ADHD

Sébastien Ponnou

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Sébastien Ponnou is a psychoanalyst and professor in educational sciences at the University of Paris 8, France. His research focuses on psychoanalytic studies, clinical practices, mental health issues, medico-social institutions and the training of social workers.