%0 Journal Article %T Efeitos imagin¨¢rios do diagn¨®stico de TDA/H na subjetividade da crian£¿a %A Legnani %A Viviane Neves %J Fractal : Revista de Psicologia %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal Fluminense %R 10.1590/S1984-02922012000200007 %X in this article it¡¯s discussed the diagnostic evaluation of children with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder. the medical speech points out the etiology of this condition as being both endogenous and organic. the dsm iv¡¯s descriptive criterion is usually used for diagnostic purposes. starting from a case study, based on the psychoanalysis¡¯ theoretical fundaments, the author suggests that the adhd is a disorder of the functionality of perception, language and mobility. these features are intertwined and rely on the subjective position of the individual. thus the adhd can be seen as a symptom that regards a sort of message to the other. %K adhd %K psychoanalysis %K symptom. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1984-02922012000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en