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Tanveer Ahmed

Time to pay attention to the attention deficit economy

ADHD is for real. But when information is unlimited and attention can’t keep up, too many people are demanding to be diagnosed.

The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Bill Shorten, is right to rule out funding sufferers of ADHD, despite initially indicating otherwise this month. The help needed for this condition can be obtained under normal Medicare.

The NDIS is costing $30 billion a year, growing at double digits and destined to overtake Medicare within a decade, and the addition of ADHD would have become even more unsustainable.

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Tanveer Ahmed is an author and practising psychiatrist. Connect with Tanveer on Twitter.

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