neurodiversity and mental illness
Mental Health Neurodiversity Exposes Hidden Pitfalls
The DSM-5 still classifies many neurodivergent traits as disorders, labeling roughly 12.5% of people with depression while overlooking an extra 4.3% of hard-to-label neurodivergent variants.1 In practice, clinicians often blur the line between natural wiring and pathology, which fuels misconceptions about prevalence and cost. Understanding the data