ADHD is best understood as a cultural construct
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ADHD is best understood as a cultural construct
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Meanings and causes in ADHD.Br J Psychiatry. 2004 May;184:453; author reply 453-4. doi: 10.1192/bjp.184.5.453. Br J Psychiatry. 2004. PMID: 15123515 No abstract available.
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