Harvard study says 33% of school aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD when it should be more than 5% Is ADHD overdiagnosed and overtreated? - Harvard Health Blog and here https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/11/when-starting-school-younger-children-are-more-likely-to-be-diagnosed-with-adhd-study-says/ Reported by the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/11/28/harvard-study-children-who-start-school-early-more-likely-get-adhd-diagnosis-even-if-they-dont-have-it/ CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adhd-youngest-kids-in-class-may-be-over-diagnosed-with-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/ and Duke University https://sciencepolicy.duke.edu/news/harvard-study-children-who-start-school-early-more-likely-get-adhd-diagnosis-%E2%80%94-even-if-they-don
Paralleled by the Cleveland Clinic https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/adhd-overdiagnosed-and-overtreated-or-misdiagnosed-and-mistreated/
This Wall Street Journal article states that ADHD Medication is also over prescribed. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444301704577631591596516110
This 2021 study claims that ADHD is a physical wiring difference that average brains and that the diagnosis should be neurological, not psychological and that “A patient may be exhibiting behavioral symptoms consistent with ADHD one day, but even days later, might not present those symptoms, or to the same degree,” said McNorgan. “It could just be the difference between a good day and a bad day. This shows that the Cogscreen is not an accurate test at all and should raise another red flag. Also don't be too surprised most pilots would have this ADHD type wiring.
2021 publication in the JAMA Network also states that ADHD is over diagnosed https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2778451
In fact the number is not 3% of young males but at least 20% of the the entire population that have been tagged with ADHD according to Yaakov Ophir, author of (ADHD is Not an Illness and Ritalin is Not a Cure: A Comprehensive Rebuttal of the (alleged) Scientific Consensus), Posted on Dr. Robert Malone MD's substack. https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/are-we-medicating-millions-of-adhd?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=583200&post_id=106063341&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email Which was discussed heavily in this reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/11h6koj/faa_medical_adhd_over_medicated/