I don't really trust mental health diagnoses, but I'll admit to being heavily biased by a background in molecular biology, microbiology and biochemistry. Some

I don't really trust mental health diagnoses, but I'll admit to being heavily biased by a background in molecular biology, microbiology and biochemistry. Some diseases are clearly and unambiguously diagnosable - say you have drug-resistant TB, we can do a PCR test and detect the exact strain of TB you are suffering from. Even in some other diseases where there is no blood test and the diagnosis is clinical, like Parkinson's, the criteria seem so much clearer than anything I've heard about ADHD / ADD etc. For example: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/how-parkinson-disease-is-diagnosed https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-t... While I can believe the condition does exist (schizophrenia may be similarly difficult to accurately diagnose, but it surely exists), it really seems to be overdiagnosed in children, and in adults, I imagine amphetamine addiction plays a big role in continued diagnoses. It's rather odd to read articles about it that make no mention of this factor. https://www.verywellmind.com/amphetamine-high-21916 https://www.verywellmind.com/amphetamine-high-21916