Individualized ADHD treatment substitutes medication for systemic reform

Evidence

ADHDs are rooted, therefore, in a ‘disorder’ (which is individualized, personalized, or more precisely neurologized) and a ‘deficit’ (the neurones do not work quickly enough). So it is not surprising that (starting in the USA) the main and most obvious way of ‘managing’ the disease is the broad distribution of Ritalin to a whole section of the young. For a ‘neurological disorder’, a medicinal solution. This ignores the acceleration in communication, new media apparatuses and information overload; it ignores, in short, the whole evolution of ‘the configurations of capitalism’ highlighted by Jonathan Crary, which ‘continually push attention to new limits and thresholds’. From the ‘ongoing crisis of attentiveness’ initiated in populations and lifestyles at least one hundred and fifty years ago, only subjectindividuals remain who are pathologized for ‘not paying attention to detail’, ‘being distracted by external stimuli’, or ‘having difficulty waiting their turn’. — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 66

Categorization

• SEED: Strong essay angle: Ritalin as the symptomatic response to an environmental, not neurological, crisis.
• XREF: Parallels Ivan Illich on iatrogenic medicine and the critique of medicalizing social problems. — connects to: Standard ADHD diagnosis individualizes what is actually a systemic condition — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 65; Attention deficit disorders partly reflect unhealthy attention environments — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 258; Wellness insights can be redirected toward structural medicine rather than individual fixes — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 589 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Standard ADHD diagnosis individualizes what is actually a systemic condition #corroborates (0.95) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 65
• Attention deficit disorders partly reflect unhealthy attention environments #expands (0.85) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 258
• Individualized self-improvement solutions block collective confrontation of structural crisis #corroborates (0.80) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 1074
• Wellness insights can be redirected toward structural medicine rather than individual fixes #corroborates (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 589