Hi Charles,
I work in CAMHS in Devon and can identify all too well with what you describe!
I have also found Making & Breaking Children's lives a good resource.
Although not necessarily managing to take into account every bit of the person and family's situation, context, environment, past exposures, social inequalities etc, i have found the book 'Treating Huckleberry Finn' by David Nylund helpful in working in a different way with young people already labelled 'ADHD'. He is a family therapist in the USA and takes a narrative approach which is very strengths focused. I have found that it encourages families to see beyond the label and re-connect with their child and his/her positive qualities. There is also a strong focus on taking this approach before medication (which we could perhaps now argue fits with the new NICE guidelines?)
As well as describing the narrative approach, the book has a chapter called 'Debunking the ADHD Diagnosis' which criticises the medical model and begins to consider environmental factors and cultural biases.
I am sure that there are more critical resources out there, but this book has been helpful for me at a practical level on a family by family basis.
I would be very interested to hear whether anyone else knows of other useful resources.
Best wishes & good luck at that big meeting!
Lisa
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>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:05:42 +0100
>From: Charles Marley <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Resources?
>To: [log in to unmask]
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> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I've been on the list for some time now but this is
> my first posting - I'm in need of some help and
> hoped that the list could provide this for me. Me:
> I work in a CAMHS service in Stirling in Scotland
> (I've also been in touch with David Fryer at
> Stirling Uni - again, thank you David). I started
> in my post about a year ago and have been asking
> critical questions about the position the service
> takes on a number of issues since then... these are
> generally ignored (but I keep asking anyway!). I
> also attempt to take as much of a community approach
> as I can (which is not easy as the system is fairly
> medically and mainstream clinical psychology
> dominated).
>
>
>
> The reason I'm posting today is to ask for articles,
> websites, books, what other people are doing,
> anything at all, on alternatives to the current
> medical/psychological approach to dealing with what
> is viewed as ADHD. The service I work in views ADHD
> as a real disorder with a neuro-biological basis -
> I've been raising questions about the validity of
> this position with very little impact. Over the
> last few months the issue of ADHD has become more
> central within the service mainly because we are
> receiving more and more referrals from GPs, schools,
> parents etc - I believe this to be a consequence of
> promoting the medical notion of ADHD within the
> afore mentioned groups and offering a `cure' in the
> form of medication. A number of other factors are
> also at play - i.e. the service has a system
> specifically for diagnosing ADHD, which is run by
> someone who also runs a private business offering
> teaching on ADHD and how to manage it!
>
>
>
> The service has ordered an `extraordinary meeting'
> in relation to ADHD and my concern is that the
> meeting is going to be the individuals with the
> dominant view trying to force the rest into holding
> the same view and then attempting to develop a `team
> approach' to `managing ADHD'. I see the meeting as
> an opportunity to raise questions about the position
> being taken by the service. I was also hoping to
> take along some alternative approaches for
> supporting families that take into account the
> person's situation, context, environment, past
> exposures, social inequalities etc, as this may be
> more of a challenge to ignore than my questions have
> been. I've read `Making and Breaking Children's
> Lives' and got a lot from that but I thought I'd put
> the question to list to see what other resources are
> available.
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Charles
>
>
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>
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