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•Is it possible you don’t have ADHD and you’re just a bit of a twat?
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The Times reports that 278,000 people in England are on central nervous system stimulants.
ADHD is the most coveted diagnosis of our most coveted ailment of our time.
We are living through a great pathologising of human behaviour.
Everything from exam stress to being a nasty piece of work who is always seeking revenge has been reimagined as a disorder.
There was an 18 per cent hike in prescriptions for ADHD drugs between April 2023 and March 2024 .
Now nearly five in every thousand people in England are being treated for the condition.
No one benefits from the pathologisation of life’s ups and downs.
The Economist said ADHD should not be treated as a disorder.
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