By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.

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    9 months ago

    Is this really your response?

    Nobody said environmental factors “cause ADHD”; this debate is about whether environmental factors can amplify presentation of executive dysfunction type symptoms in the genetically predisposed.

    Just because environmental factors can alter brain function, it doesn’t mean every disorder or behaviour is potentially generated by environmental factors!

    No, but it does mean that it is incredibly unlikely that they are not sometimes exacerbated by environmental factors.

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      9 months ago

      Nobody said environmental factors “cause ADHD”; this debate is about whether environmental factors can amplify presentation of executive dysfunction type symptoms in the genetically predisposed.

      You’re not “genetically predisposed” to ADHD. It’s not an allergy or cancer. Either you have it, or you don’t.

      No, but it does mean that it is incredibly unlikely that they are not sometimes exacerbated by environmental factors.

      Everything is exacerbated by environmental factors. Why single out ADHD here?