Because attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) seems to be a simple medical diagnosis with an unusually effective medical treatment, nothing before has attracted so much business for child psychiatry. Like any business that booms when it is not ready, child psychiatry risks going bust. This is an analysis to inform our urgent business planning in a UK context.
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