r/skeptic 25d ago

šŸ’© Misinformation Neuroscientist podcaster with 20+ hours of ADHD content discovers it MIGHT be genetic "but there are too many variables to separate"!!!

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u/PatchyWhiskers 25d ago

My kid has ADHD, my husband has ADHD, and his family on the paternal side are all diagnosed or just act like they have ADHD. Family events are interesting.

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u/BioMed-R 25d ago

Yuge overdiagnosis.

I couldnā€™t believe in a diagnosis that some assign to double digit numbers of the population.

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u/SocDemGenZGaytheist 25d ago

I couldnā€™t believe in a diagnosis that some assign to double digit numbers of the population

how about ā€œobeseā€ (~42%) or ā€œnearsightedā€ (~30%)

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u/BioMed-R 25d ago

Those statistics are American, not global. Thatā€™s cherry-picking.

Itā€™s a behavioral diagnosis ā€“ normal range behavior pathologized.