An Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is Harming Patients’ Mental Health

However, what has happened now is that we have a massive increase in autism, and it is not having the downstream effect of making children better. We should be seeing a slightly happier population, but all we’re seeing is worse mental health. We did something well-intentioned but there’s no evidenceContinue Reading

Now, after Trump’s comment and actions on the first day of his presidency, the group’s crisis helpline is once again receiving a torrent of calls. Sixty-two percent of incoming calls this week, the group tells WIRED, are from trans and gender-nonconforming adolescents age 14 to 17. The callers are expressingContinue Reading