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ADHD Explainer Record: Finally Take Mental Illness Seriously

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Not only children, especially students, are increasingly willing to be tested for ADHD.
Lisa AeschlimannNewspaper reporter and editor

It feels like the whole of Switzerland is now fighting to explain ADHD. The rush to clinics is so great that victims are reducing wait times by up to a year through self-help groups or online discussions.

A trending phenomenon? Maybe. But the problem goes beyond this: our mental health is not good. Since the pandemic, mental health disorders have not only increased significantly, but also become more complex. Adolescents and young adults are especially affected. It could have been predicted that corona would serve as a catalyst for mental illness. Treatment centers were known to be underfunded and doctors were overworked. Some cantons, such as Zurich, are allowing emergency care to expand outpatient clinics, but staffing must first be found. Help comes, but too hesitantly.

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The cost of psychological stress is enormous: in 2022, burnout – incidentally a possible consequence of untreated ADHD – caused a loss of CHF 6.5 billion to the Swiss economy.

These costs cannot simply be ignored, and this crisis cannot be ignored. The cantons are responsible. You will finally have to take mental health seriously: lighten the burden on professionals, expand low-threshold offerings and strengthen prevention. The calculation is simple: the better the prevention, the faster the distribution of funds, the lower the subsequent costs.

Source: Blick

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