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You need a psychiatric evaluation for diagnosis, which is exceptionally hard to get. So there's a nice shiny website and then there's the reality. Getting the diagnosis and then medication can literally take years, and it looks like this is on purpose.

[triceratops]

So not actually "illegal", just a different bar for diagnosis. Also, do you not need a psychiatric evaluation in other countries?

You make some good points otherwise, I don't understand why you're resorting to hyperbole or distortion like this.

[DanBC]

No, you don't. For adults it should be either a psychiatrist or a doctor with training and expertise; for children it should be a paediatrician.

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87/chapter/Recommendation...

> 1.3.1 A diagnosis of ADHD should only be made by a specialist psychiatrist, paediatrician or other appropriately qualified healthcare professional with training and expertise in the diagnosis of ADHD, on the basis of:

[cortesoft]

The alternative take is that ADHD is over diagnosed in the United States.