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Lock and Nguyen comment "Political,economic interests,, prevailing moral concerns and gender bias are often implicit in biomedicine" Given the context in which medical knowledge is aquired, the social systems of politics, and ecomonics need to be considered in relation to how 'illnesses' such as ADHD come into being.In the case of ADHD, it is even more crucial because it involves the most vulnerable of our society-the children.Conrad suggests that deviance has been medicalised as a form of social control. Conrad, P. On the medicalisation of Deviance and social control. Clinical psychiatry 1981 pp102-121/ref> If such control springs from politcal and ecomonic systems, a constant critique is needed to keep power in check. Lock,M.Nyugen, V. The Anthropology of Biomedicine."" Wiley-Blackwell 2010 Conrad, P. "On the medicalisation of Deviance and social control." Clinical psychiatry 1981 pp102-121