The present article aims to present the discourse of
health professionals on Attention Deficit Disorder
with Hyperactivity (ADDH). For this, a conversation
was held with professionals of a project of health
of the child and adolescent of a university hospital
in Belém, state of Pará, Brazil. The choice of the
conversation wheel was the opportunity to produce
an open dialogue, extracting more information
from the participants, placing them in the position
of protagonist in the exchange of knowledge. The
results obtained point to a medicalization of the
learning problems, since the evaluation criteria
in the service, still based on DSM IV, are seen
as the main means for the diagnosis of ADDH.
ADDH is seen by the participating professionals
as a neurological disorder, but differ regarding the use of methylphenidate for the treatment of this
pathology. Thus, knowing the discourses of health
professionals in relation to ADDH is relevant to
identify the medicalization of education in progress
and, thus, develop strategies of resistance to this
process.
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