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Rush to diagnose ADHD and autism can damage children: As rates soar up to 40-fold, a major review warns of the toll on those wrongly given a label

Daily Mail Health · 9 October 2026 at 00:02

Rush to diagnose ADHD and autism can damage children: As rates soar up to 40-fold, a major review warns of the toll on those wrongly given a label

Parents are incentivised to have their children diagnosed by misguided schools and welfare systems that reward such 'labels', the report found.

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Rush to diagnose ADHD and autism can damage children: As rates soar up to 40-fold, a major review warns of the toll on those wrongly given a label

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