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[quote=Anonymous]Mental health diagnoses absolutely follow trends - a lot of time driven by the medication that can be prescribed. All of these adults suddenly discovering they have ADHD are being misdiagnosed/overdiagnosed. And a lot of kids too. This is now the trendy self-diagnosis for adults - up to a few years ago it was autism. before that it was bipolar (especially in kids). And then think of all the women diagnosed with “hysteria” in the 50s-60s and given sedatives. You would think it wasn’t a big deal but stimulant meds actually can have serious side effects. More importantly, diagnosing everything as ADHD can end up obscuring actual diagnoses that need to be treated, such as personality disorders. [/quote]
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