Screening for Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

The World Health Organization Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Screening Scale for DSM-5 – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Invited commentary: Good News for Screening for Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

See also: Do You Zone Out? Procrastinate? Might Be Adult ADHD – NPR Health News (free)

Others disagree… call it “disease mongering”, “overdiagnosis”. For example, Prof Allen Francis, author of Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life, wrote some remarks about the study, see Tweet 1, Tweet 2 and Tweet 3

See also: The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)