Second Thoughts

Is ADHD Overdiagnosed? You Are Not Your Diagnosis

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"We've made it advantageous to have a diagnosis."

Is ADHD overdiagnosed? Nation asks a plain question first: somebody walks in convinced they have ADHD. How do you find out whether they do? Roger's answer is the diagnostic triage.

There are two roads to a diagnosis. Psychometric testing, with the MMPI and the MCMI as the gold standards. Or the diagnostic interview, where each category has a…