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Both of those articles are interesting, but appear to essentially just tie “ADHD” to a laundry list of other bad things like substance abuse, anxiety, and depre
by infotainment 2y ago
Both of those articles are interesting, but appear to essentially just tie “ADHD” to a laundry list of other bad things like substance abuse, anxiety, and depression based on correlation alone.
- coldtea 2y agoThe correlation is because symptoms of ADHD are at the root cause. But even if there was a confounding factor they miss, and "mere correlation", those problem will still be more present on people having ADHD (since they are statistically increased compared to the general population). The idea of ADHD as a fake illness and "they're just cheating" doesn't explain such outcomes. Not to mention it's ignorant, with just media stereotypes about ADHD from 2+ decades ago to go on. ADHD is not just about "shorter attention spans" anymore that autistic people are like the Rain Man or Sheldon from BBT.