The diagnosis of ADHD may have become too broad, leading to needless and potentially harmful treatment for some children, researchers warn.
A wider classification of symptoms for ADHD in the psychiatric ‘bible’ used by the profession has led to a steep rise in diagnosis and prescriptions for medication, the study warned.
The group of researchers from Australia and the Netherlands said there was now a risk of over diagnosis which could fuel scepticism about the disorder. Full article
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