Abstract
This article aims to analyze the practice of diagnostics in their effects of producing ADHD as a disorder in children in school period and operate a criticism of indiscriminate referrals to psychiatrists the events that are taken as school problems and transformed into abnormalities. Among the effects of this very common practice today, is the exponential growth of prescription drugs, such as amphetamines to children, causing severe problems in their lives, which should be the subject of an ethical, political, and social problematization. Specifically, the more drug administered in this situation has been methylphenidate and in Brazil, it has been widely sold and used in cases assessed as inattention and restlessness. This article is the result of a graduate degree in psychology research, in progress and are presented in this text, partial results of the work.
Keywords:
children; ADHD; school; diagnosis; medicalization