Is ADHD over diagnosed? librechad ( @librechad@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square32fedilinkarrow-up166
arrow-up166message-squareIs ADHD over diagnosed? librechad ( @librechad@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square32fedilink
minus-square dosse91 ( @dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza ) linkfedilink4•1 year agoDefinitely. A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school are diagnosed with ADHD or similar conditions nowadays even if there’s nothing wrong with them.
minus-square shapesandstuff ( @shapesandstuff@feddit.de ) linkfedilink13•1 year ago A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school Just like mania was “hysteria” and crippling suicidal depression was “a rut” or its victim “less of a man”.
minus-square dannoffs ( @dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink11•1 year agoAnd all of those people in the past who were “really into trains”
minus-square JWBananas ( @JWBananas@startrek.website ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 year agoWe also used to call PTSD “shell shock” even though you don’t have to go to war to be affected. Science and medicine change and improve over time.
Definitely. A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school are diagnosed with ADHD or similar conditions nowadays even if there’s nothing wrong with them.
Just like mania was “hysteria” and crippling suicidal depression was “a rut” or its victim “less of a man”.
And all of those people in the past who were “really into trains”
We also used to call PTSD “shell shock” even though you don’t have to go to war to be affected. Science and medicine change and improve over time.