[trotsky]

I assume you are looking for a citation for the 9 in 10: http://mbldownloads.com/1108PP_Weisler.pdf

I made a mistake in that it says 9 in 10 go untreated not undiagnosed, though certainly the majority of those untreated are also undiagnosed.

Personally, I'd question why you're willing to challenge a psychiatric disorder like that when you'd never be willing to challenge someone that said "wow, sounds like you might have slipped a disc, you should get that checked out". While undoubtedly there are instances of mistaken diagnosis with ADHD, many objections to the diagnosis have more to do with the viewers confusion between symptoms and moral character.

[nchlswu]

Thank you for clarifying the statistic.

I'm not challenging the disorder itself. I'm challenging a culture that's happy to jump to clinical diagnoses. There are a wide variety of traits people may possess that can easily fall into a variety of clinical diagnoses but are completely normal. Your original comment was very well balanced, but the 9 in 10 undiagnosed statistic struck me as a wild statistic that had no basis.

I understand the confusion between symptoms and moral character, but I'd prefer a more conservative stance on diagnoses when it comes to a condition with boundaries that aren't black and white.