I think everyone needs to be paying attention to the amount of women who have been subjected to abuse and trauma suddenly being told they have ADHD and autism.
This is the next wave of pathologisation after BPD and EUPD, mark my words.
This is the next wave of pathologisation after BPD and EUPD, mark my words.
You may disagree, you might think that the huge increase in women being diagnosed with ADHD & autism (both currently described as psychiatric disorders) is a good thing, but I’m not so sure. I think it will lead to more women being oppressed & discriminated against.
It amazes me that the same people who can see that the huge increase in women being diagnosed with personality disorders after disclosing abuse is negative and detrimental, but the same with ADHD and autism is positive and progressive. They are all from the same book.
What makes you totally trust the same system with ADHD and autism that you distrust about BPD and EUPD?
These concepts all come from the same people and the same place.
How can diagnosing more and more women after they disclose abuse be good for any of us?
These concepts all come from the same people and the same place.
How can diagnosing more and more women after they disclose abuse be good for any of us?
I’ve worked with several rape centres who can’t get the police or CPS to charge rapists or abusers because the women have recent ADHD or autism diagnoses and are seen as ‘non credible witnesses’
Surely that’s a red flag to others? I cannot be alone in watching this unfold?
Surely that’s a red flag to others? I cannot be alone in watching this unfold?
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