Very much agree with this. This is also detrimental to little boys who do not fit the typical "normal" criteria. It's problematic on so many different levels. 1) I was not diagnosed because while, yeah, I was a bit chatty, I wasn't hyperactive, I was just lazy and unmotivated (80s and 90s). Now, at 43, I know that I wasn't just bad at life, but I was "normal". 2) My son isn't a hyperactive boy, so therefore cannot be ADHD. Sure, he's so inattentive that he's regularly getting run over by trolleys at Woolies and Coles, but "Boys present as hyperactive". I had a heck of a time advocating and trying to get him diagnosed. Finally did and he shot off into the academic and wellbeing stratosphere! 3) My "normal" friends on the autism side of the world also didn't get diagnosed until their 40s. They were just aloof and snobby (for the girls) or eccentric and weird (for the boys) until they had an understanding of their "normalness". 4) If my son hadn't been diagnosed, my daughter, who presents similarly to me, I suspect, would have been in a similar situation to me. We need to do better with the next DSM. It needs to be more inclusive.
I firmly believe that doctors should learn all their life. Finishing med school 30 years ago is not enough, you gotta find out new things we learn about humans.
@@deliriouscheeto all of them? Continued formal learning is a requirement of registration with most medical, psychological and veterinary organisations (the sort that you have to be registered with to practice in that country). A certain number of hours per year of approved courses.
Trees, trees. Climb the trees 🌳
You just described my entire childhood Jo!
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Very much agree with this. This is also detrimental to little boys who do not fit the typical "normal" criteria. It's problematic on so many different levels. 1) I was not diagnosed because while, yeah, I was a bit chatty, I wasn't hyperactive, I was just lazy and unmotivated (80s and 90s). Now, at 43, I know that I wasn't just bad at life, but I was "normal". 2) My son isn't a hyperactive boy, so therefore cannot be ADHD. Sure, he's so inattentive that he's regularly getting run over by trolleys at Woolies and Coles, but "Boys present as hyperactive". I had a heck of a time advocating and trying to get him diagnosed. Finally did and he shot off into the academic and wellbeing stratosphere! 3) My "normal" friends on the autism side of the world also didn't get diagnosed until their 40s. They were just aloof and snobby (for the girls) or eccentric and weird (for the boys) until they had an understanding of their "normalness". 4) If my son hadn't been diagnosed, my daughter, who presents similarly to me, I suspect, would have been in a similar situation to me.
We need to do better with the next DSM. It needs to be more inclusive.
I firmly believe that doctors should learn all their life. Finishing med school 30 years ago is not enough, you gotta find out new things we learn about humans.
It was my understanding that they did have to, unfortunately it seems like since nobody is actually checking up on them that can be largely ignored.
They do. In order to keep your license, you have to maintain training, recent knowledge, etc.
@@GraiXS in what country though?
My mom is like that! I'm like her 🥰
@@deliriouscheeto all of them? Continued formal learning is a requirement of registration with most medical, psychological and veterinary organisations (the sort that you have to be registered with to practice in that country). A certain number of hours per year of approved courses.