"My experience has been that patients who are referred to upper GI with biliary colic go on to receive an cholecystectomy without exception, which leads me to question the rigour of the process." Does that sound ok? Nope. So why is ADHD somehow different???

Why on earth would “huge swathes of people” want to seek a diagnosis and “potentially harmful drugs” unless they actually thought they would benefit from them? Could it be, instead, that ADHD is underdiagnosed and that investment and support is desperately needed?

The BMJ@bmj.com · last yr.

"My experience has been that patients who are assessed go on to receive an ADHD diagnosis without exception, which leads me to question the rigour of the process." @helensalisbury.bsky.social discusses the problem with outsourced diagnosis of ADHD www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Most specialist services follow up the patient while medicines are being titrated, but once right doses have been found discharge the patient to GP. Many GPs don’t feel confident w/ responsibility for this care lacking training&expertise. My concern isn’t the overdiagnosis, it’s the undersupport.

The BMJ@bmj.com · last yr.

"My experience has been that patients who are assessed go on to receive an ADHD diagnosis without exception, which leads me to question the rigour of the process." @helensalisbury.bsky.social discusses the problem with outsourced diagnosis of ADHD www.bmj.com/content/389/...

In autism research, in the autistic community we talk a lot about stigma. We don’t often talk about the personal impact of that stigma, which is shame. That’s the overarching theme of my research with autistic psychiatrists and it’s a tough topic to address. But we need to talk about this. #AutRes

Autism and ADHD Book Guide - for children and young people. 📚 www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/autism-...

Autism and ADHD Book Guide - for Children and Young People — Authentically Emily

To quote Elle McNicoll, incredibly talented and awesome neurodivergent author, “Every child deserves to see themselves reflected positively in stories…The world needs unapologetically neurodivergent ...

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Please help us decide our next book from the following 5 we have shortlisted to. The book with the most likes will be our next choice! We will announce the winner on Saturday 7/12/24.

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Thank you for sharing such a well written and thought provoking paper - I have lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked the questions at the end. Looking forward to directing people here when I’m next asked.

Seb Shaw@autisticdoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ "medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation" Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MedEd @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social