Date of Award
Spring 5-19-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Leo Coleman
Second Advisor
Dr. Aminata Maraesa
Academic Program Adviser
Yukiko Koga
Abstract
This thesis is a cultural analysis of the behaviorally- and psychiatrically-defined disorder ADHD, socio-historically contextualizing it in the United States and exploring ethnographically how people affected by it talk about and organize their experience of its symptoms.
Recommended Citation
Fallon, Kealy D., "Science, Symptoms, and Support Groups:ADHD in the American Cultural Context" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/71
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