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OverviewThe Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429285912, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This innovative book addresses the question of why increasing numbers of people are being diagnosed with autism since the 1990s. Providing an engaging account of competing and widely debated explanations, it investigates how these have led to differing interpretations of the same data. Crucially, the author argues that the increased use of autism diagnosis is due to medicalisation across the life course, whilst holding open the possibility that the rise may also be partly accounted for by modern-day environmental exposures, again, across the life course. A further focus of the book is not on whether autism itself is valid as a diagnostic category, but whether and how it is useful as a diagnostic category, and how the utility of the diagnosis has contributed to the rise. This serves to move beyond the question of whether diagnoses are 'real' or social constructions, and instead asks: who do diagnoses serve to benefit, and at what cost do they come? The book will appeal to clinicians and health professionals, as well as medical researchers, who are interested in a review of the data which demonstrates the rising use of autism as a diagnosis, and an analysis of the reasons why this has occurred. Providing theory through which to interpret the expanding application of the diagnosis and the broadening of autism as a concept, it will also be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, social work, disability studies and childhood studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ginny Russell (University of Exeter, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 1.000kg ISBN: 9780367250812ISBN 10: 0367250810 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 16 December 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Establishing the trend PART I: ‘Artefactual’ 2. Babies and infants 3. Children 4. Adults 5. Women on the verge of the autism spectrum 6. Beyond the living PART II: ‘Real’ 7. Epidemiology and lay epidemiology 8. Risks during conception, pregnancy and birth 9. Factors during infancy, childhood and adulthood 10. Diagnosis ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationGinny Russell is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, in the UK. She co-leads the Health and Illness theme at Egenis (the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences) in the College of Social Science and International Studies, as well as co-leading the Epidemiology and Qualitative Research stream of ChYMe (the Children and Young People’s Mental Health collaboration) based at the College of Medicine and Health. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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