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_onemanband_ t1_j6dgys5 wrote
Reply to comment by StuartGotz in What makes it difficult to determine whether nutrient deficiencies are implicated in mental-health issues like ADHD? by LinguisticsTurtle
What about poverty? That could meet these criteria. Or traumatic experiences? At what point should behaviours (inattention, hyperactivity) be considered a disorder contained within an individual, rather than a product of circumstance?
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Reply to comment by Hot_Flan1220 in What makes it difficult to determine whether nutrient deficiencies are implicated in mental-health issues like ADHD? by LinguisticsTurtle
No genetic explanations for ADHD exist. The studies have claimed to have found them, typically with small sample numbers, have not been reproduced. Currently ADHD has no known aetiology.
_onemanband_ t1_j6dlcs4 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in What makes it difficult to determine whether nutrient deficiencies are implicated in mental-health issues like ADHD? by LinguisticsTurtle
Unfortunately, that isn't correct - no genetic component has been reproducibly identified. The basis for a genetic component is the apparent heritability of ADHD, which can run in families. However, genetics is not the only explanation for heritability.