Of course they don't. That's how incentives work.
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Seven in 10 GPs believe adult ADHD is over-diagnosed, with some saying private providers never reject a diagnosis 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…

Sep 21, 2026 · 7:34 AM UTC

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Pay people to be ill and you get more ill people🤯
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Dr Allen Frances led the writing of DSM IV which hugely expanded the definition of autism and he regrets it now. Anyone with any sense and honesty can see that over-diagnosis has happened and it's extremely easy to see why and how. npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-544…

Autism rates have soared. This doctor says he knows part of the reason why

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, "Autism Rates have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That."

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Replying to @MerrynSW
Private clinics rarely see anyone who isn't ADHD though. It's not incentive that makes it common, nobody is paying hundreds or thousands if they don't believe they are, that's why they never reject a diagnosis - because the people willing to pay that much usually are ADHD.
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how queer - it's almost as though you're suggesting medics aren't saintly ubermensch & respond to life in the same way as everybody else
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As Warren Buffett says on conflicts of interest: Never ask a barber if you need a haircut
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