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Interesting comment that untreated ADHD is a cause of homelessness. Medication for ADHD is low dose stimulants. I wonder if the meth epidemic stems from untr
by theGnuMe 3y ago
Interesting comment that untreated ADHD is a cause of homelessness. Medication for ADHD is low dose stimulants. I wonder if the meth epidemic stems from untreated ADHD. Then maybe the government regulates ADHD meds to keep people homeless. Or if we treated the homeless for ADHD they wouldn't be homeless.
- Paul-Craft 3y agoI've worked with homeless people in a shelter environment before, and my experience was that the most prevalent psychiatric issues among that population were schizophrenia, bipolar disease, and various addictions (especially alcoholism). There were a few who I thought had some ADHD issues, but I don't know if that led directly to them becoming homeless or not. Granted this does not constitute anything like a research study, but it does suggest that just treating people for ADHD might not have a lot of impact. I did a quick search and was only able to come up with the abstract for a study that claimed ADHD had a ~4-5x higher prevalence among homeless individuals than non-homeless individuals. The abstract alone indicates a couple potential issues with the study (e.g. subjects were only white men, and they used a population sourced from people who had gotten treatment at a particular medical center), and it doesn't indicate any causation. I don't really think ADHD meds are regulated to keep people homeless, and I'm not sure about the meth epidemic being related to ADHD, but I don't think it would hurt to get people the treatment they need, whether they can pay for it or not.
- jowea 3y ago> Then maybe the government regulates ADHD meds to keep people homeless What for?