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Jtuk
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02 Feb 2012, 8:46 am

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I get the feeling that everything is overdiagnosed in America. It's a really twisted society.


No, we just happen to have as our ancestors individuals who were several orders of magnitude more likely to have ADHD (including the highest-functioning Aspies), schizophrenia, narcissism, psychopathy, or some comorbid combination... then got Europe's most vile religious zealots dumped on our doorstep to stir the pot and spread their misery.

If anything, I'd be suspicious of any mental health statistic that DOESN'T show any given disorder being at least 5-10% more prevalent in the United States.


Funny how Australia doesn't have the same problem.

Jason