The Government wants to investigate private actors offering assessments for ADHD diagnoses. There is a structure here that in practice means selling diagnoses for payment, says Minister for Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed (KD).
Swedish politicsThe entire society needs to change to handle the ADHD pressure that is currently burdening child and adolescent psychiatry. This is the opinion of Sven Bölte, professor at the Karolinska Institute. ADHD is not a disease, we need to be able to handle it within the social body, he says.
SwedenThe number of people receiving an autism diagnosis has increased sharply over the past ten years, primarily among girls. High demands in school and working life are part of the explanation, according to psychiatrist Sven Bölte. For some, the diagnosis becomes an identity, he says.
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