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Sometimes a jump in diagnoses just means we had previously been misdiagnosing or under diagnosing. Don't just call an increase an over diagnosis. If we suddenly
by codezero 13y ago
Sometimes a jump in diagnoses just means we had previously been misdiagnosing or under diagnosing. Don't just call an increase an over diagnosis. If we suddenly had an increase in obesity or cancer we wouldn't say "i call bullshit, doctors are cashing in on this". Maybe there is something else going on but automatically calling over diagnosis is just as bullshit as anything else.
- emilv 13y agoIndeed. Where I live, Asperger was diagnosed by only a couple of university hospitals ten years ago, with waiting times counted in years. Today it's diagnosed by hundreds of local psychiatry clinics around the country, and a study is usually initiated within months. We also have a bigger awareness about the issues, which may drive more people to be diagnosed; people that we wouldn't "find" otherwise.