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Your personal ADHD diagnosis is confidential information. Population-level increases in ADHD diagnosis and stimulant prescriptions is not confidential informati
by fasthands9 3y ago
Your personal ADHD diagnosis is confidential information. Population-level increases in ADHD diagnosis and stimulant prescriptions is not confidential information. It is useful public health information.
I don't think it's fully settled what percent of this increase is due to more ADHD in the population versus a change in standards (the second is not inherently bad).
- lazystar 3y agoThe decreasing usage of nicotine products in western civilization over the last 30 years should also be considered. At least one study has shown nicotine use results in increased concentration for those with ADHD; it's possible the true number of ADHD adults in western society has been accidentally covered up by the last 400 years of nicotine usage.