• Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Or… Orrrrrr… They stopped throwing people that needed help into torture asylums and instead took time to understand and diagnose more than just the most obvious cases.

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      20 hours ago

      It’s possible, but the psychiatrist has a strong financial incentive to give a profitable diagnosis. Since there isn’t any consequences, why wouldn’t they? What do they care if their patient ties their identity to a lie or becomes addicted to amphetamine?

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        5 hours ago

        In what world is ADHD profitable? Those amphetamines are heavily and artificially limited so that a significant portion of patients that need it can’t get them. That’s not even mentioning the people who are taking them as a diet pill or using or as study aids. Wouldn’t those be far more profitable?