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I am curious, how do you explain the chasm in ADHD diagnosis between the US and Europe (or anywhere else really)? Surely if it's a purely neurological disorder,
by curiousgal 4y ago
I am curious, how do you explain the chasm in ADHD diagnosis between the US and Europe (or anywhere else really)? Surely if it's a purely neurological disorder, it should be somewhat "uniformly" detected across the globe, no?
- riwsky 4y agoBeing purely neurological would strongly suggest uniform distribution of the disorder _itself_ — but absent a purely neurobiological _test_ for those symptoms, uniform distribution wouldn’t imply uniform detection. “ADHD is primarily a neurological disorder” and “differences in ADHD diagnosis rates are primarily cultural” are not incompatible statements.
- sadhd 4y agoEurope maybe doesn't hire beautiful people to push drugs on prescribing doctors? Maybe Europe has better surveillance?