librechad@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoIs ADHD over diagnosed?message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down119
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareIs ADHD over diagnosed?librechad@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squaredosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizzalinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down7·10 months 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-squareshapesandstuff@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months 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-squaredannoffs@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoAnd all of those people in the past who were “really into trains”
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 months 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.