librechad@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoIs ADHD over diagnosed?message-squaremessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down121
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareIs ADHD over diagnosed?librechad@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squaredosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizzalinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down7·2 years 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-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years 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.
minus-squareshapesandstuff@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years 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-up5·2 years agoAnd all of those people in the past who were “really into trains”
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.
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.
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”