Menschen mit selbstdiagnostiziertem ADHS berichten über ein negativeres Selbstbild und mehr internalisiertes Stigma als klinisch diagnostizierte Personen und suchen nach Analyse von 450.000 ADHS-Sub-Reddit-Stellen eher eine soziale Validierung.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099584
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I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0331856
From the linked article:
People with self-diagnosed ADHD report more negative self-image and more internalized stigma than clinically diagnosed individuals, and are more likely to seek social validation, per analysis of 450,000 ADHD sub-reddit posts
Isn’t this confounded by the fact that formally diagnosed people are more likely to be under treatment?
Yeah, part of treatment and getting better is better outcomes. Functionally it’s just a self report poll.
Considering Reddit is a social media platform, I’m curious how they distinguished „seek social validation“ from the fact that posting about a medical condition on the platform is, in and of itself, an attempt at seeking social validation.
What percentage of these self-diagnosed individuals are actually suffering from ADHD, could The Impulse to self diagnose be indicative of other disorder undiagnosed?
Also if people are self diagnosing because of a lack of healthcare could indicate a socioeconomic component that may also be leading to poor self image.
I mean… For everyone I know with ADHD (me included), seeking treatment is one step along a long journey of learning about and coming to terms with having ADHD. I would expect people who’ve been diagnosed (and validated by a health professional) to be further along that self acceptance journey. As well as treatment improving outcomes, as others have said.
A professional told me that ADHD is a lazy diagnosis for doctors who can just give the patient some ADHD meds when the patient actually shows clear signs of a complex trauma disorder which requires referrals to specific therapies. Which is much more work for the doctor and the lines to said therapies are miles long and people off themselves when waiting. So it’s a liability question too.