No evidence ADHD is being over-diagnosed, say experts

https://lemmus.org/post/20644289

My cousin was diagnosed by a brain scan. She signed up to be part of a clinical trial for something else, got kicked out of the trial because her fMRI showed she had ADHD.

So if we can literally scan someone’s brain and diagnose them from a picture instead of all these vague “describe your symptom” guessing… why don’t we?

You can’t get diagnosed with an fmri alone. It’s just one sign, a weak one, so you’d need the professional doing questionnaires anyways. They are way cheaper and faster (in terms of waiting times) than fmris too. Might as well skip it.