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Am I reading this meme right when I think it's implying that folks are getting over-diagnosed with mental disorders? Because that's some RFK jr shit. Shame on you.
EDIT: I did misread it, I fully agree with OP.
No.
Oh my bad. What does the meme mean then?
It's the left-handed thing. The amount of neurodivergent people is the same but the amount of people being diagnosed is increasing because of an increased perception and understanding of neurodivergency.
Ah ok I did misinterpret it! Thanks for the correction.
until the existing subtypes become distinct diagnoses and the number drops because now they are considered two distinct things where previously there was one. or they roll it together with a broad spectrum type of disorder.
our psychological classification systems are always moving around and modifying this stuff every decade or so. Asperger's is gone, for example.
Diagnosed rate never crosses actual so this is false
I don't really understand what you're saying, sorry.
For a chart to be expressing over diagnosis, the line representing diagnosis number would have to go higher than the line representing actual number.