How I Run a Company with ADHD

Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by avip on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:21AM (#19897758)

There is obvious over-diagnosis with ADHD (and related) conditions. Every parent knows that. I don't think it's an "opinion" at this point. I can factually get all my kids diagnosed with ADHD if I choose to. The first victims of the situation are kids with "actual ADHD", whose problems are trivialized.

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by vanderZwan on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:38AM (#19897851)

> Every parent knows that.

"Every X knows" is usually sign of agreeing on a conclusion based on gut feelings and without verifying if the arguments leading up to them hold water.

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by avip on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:42AM (#19897875)

Is it so in this case? What it "usually" means seems irrelevant. Have you been through a diagnosis with your kids?

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by vanderZwan on Monday May 13, 2019 @09:33AM (#19899049)

I think you fail to realize that the burden of proof is not on me here.

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by avip on Monday May 13, 2019 @09:54AM (#19899224)

The burden of proof falls on the one making the non trivial claim. I don’t need to prove the null hypothesis.

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by Dayshine on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:27AM (#19899544)

Wait, what, I'm not the GP, but:

Which claim are you referring to here?

1. Your unsubstantiated claim of ADHD being overdiagnosed

2. GP's unsubstantiated claim of "Every X knows Y"

The null hypothesis must be "ADHD diagnostic criteria has high specificity", because without that it's not diagnosis. What evidence do you have to demonstrate low specificity?

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by avip on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:56AM (#19899866)

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by falcolas on Monday May 13, 2019 @09:59AM (#19899280)

It is estimated by psychologists who specialize in ADHD that 5% of the population has ADHD. 4% of children are diagnosed with ADHD. 2% of adults are diagnosed with ADHD.

That smells a lot more like under-diagnosis.

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by mtnGoat on Friday May 17, 2019 @02:50PM (#19942395)

FWIW, I think most American's know that it's easy to get a doctor to give you just about any drug without much proof of needing it. if you go to the right doctors, you are pretty much just paying them to write a prescription, not for the visit.

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by kolinko on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:28AM (#19897796)

There is also an issue of under-diagnosis in adults and young girls.

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Re:How I Run a Company with ADHD by jordanbeiber on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:47AM (#19897898)

This in part (girls and women) begs the question whether this is a case of the old healthcare gender bias.

I personally think definitely there’s something to it.

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