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who told you it's over-diagnosed? Science generally agrees ADHD is under-diagnosed. Read the statement of consensus. There's some sort of moral panic cause the
by luckydata 4y ago
who told you it's over-diagnosed?
Science generally agrees ADHD is under-diagnosed. Read the statement of consensus. There's some sort of moral panic cause the beautiful souls of a bunch of people can't fathom stimulants can be used for medical purposes cause "all drugs are bad and Concerta is essentially meth" which is absolute BS.
There's no need to spew hearsay and lies when you know next to nothing about a medical condition that affects 5% of the population.
- CodeMage 4y agoI based what I said on the study by Kazda, Bell, Thomas, et al [1], although there's always a chance that I might have misunderstood it. From what I understood, it seems that there's a certain degree of overdiagnosis in milder cases of ADHD. Again, it's perfectly possible that I either misunderstood it or that they're wrong. If you look at the rest of my comments in this discussion, you'll see that I'm not pushing the moral panic you mention -- on the contrary, I'm pushing against it strongly -- and that it's definitely not true that I "know next to nothing" about this condition. It wouldn't surprise me to find that ADHD is being simultaneously over- and under-diagnosed, because it's new enough that we're still discovering more and more about it. That's why I don't dispute that there's probably some degree of overdiagnosis, but I strongly object to pushing the narrative that it's some kind of an overmedication epidemic or crisis. [1]: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2778451 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...