The handbook Psychopathology in the School Environment addresses the concerns regarding the increasingly larger number of children whose behavior is recognized and often perceived as a medical condition rather than simply unacceptable behavior caused by various factors.
This book provides the first academic analysis of psychopathology, which is based on the works of philosophers Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, and Arendt in order to examine the processes of pathologizing children's behavior. The particular interest in mental disorders contrasts with educational practices, as they were applied in the early and late twentieth century, while also exploring the emergence of a new conceptual understanding of childhood.
Considering education as a fundamental element of the modern experience of the various phases of childhood, this book maps the ways in which mental disorders have become commonplace in childhood and adolescence, from the birth of the child to their entry into higher education, while simultaneously providing examples of some professionals' denial of the pathologization of childhood behavior.
The book examines the extent of the influence of psychopathology in the lives of children and young people, as well as practices that infiltrate the educational process, and additionally, the possibilities of alternative pedagogical interactions that negate the diagnosis of mental disorder.
The handbook Psychopathology in the School Environment is therefore an essential read for anyone concerned about the growing impact of psychopathology on education, particularly aimed at informed readers and academics, students, and professionals in education, psychiatry, psychology, childhood and adolescent studies, nursing, social work, and sociology.
