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doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5335 > Findings > In this systematic scoping review of 334 published studies in children and adolescents, convincing evidence
by chx 4y ago
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5335
> Findings
> In this systematic scoping review of 334 published studies in children and adolescents, convincing evidence was found that ADHD is overdiagnosed in children and adolescents. For individuals with milder symptoms in particular, the harms associated with an ADHD diagnosis may often outweigh the benefits.
What I mean is that we feed children Ritalin without a second thought. It's absolute nuts. There are many many ways to work with ADHD which doesn't require giving a children meds. We should be way more cautious about doing that.
- tptacek 4y agoThis study comes nowhere close to supporting the claim you made upthread, that "The diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults but most especially in children is extremely suspect". The claims it makes are much narrower than your claim (in particular, it focuses on mild ADHD cases, and the "harms" it discusses from medication are subjective, like the diagnosis providing "an excuse for problems".