Based on the author's in-depth research with children diagnosed with behavioural difficulties, this book provides a thorough critique of today's practices and explores the effects of this epidemic, questioning whether what we're doing is right for the child and right for society. "...I am grateful to Harwood for writing a thought-provoking, accessible and timelycritical analysis of some of the key issues facing schools and the mental health community. After reading this Foucauldian-animated book, the mainstream educator and psychotherapist will never again look at "conduct disorder" and other such psychiatric/educational diagnostic categories and procedures, with a sense of comfort, acceptance and authority." --Paul Marcus, Foucault Studies, January 2008.