I'm on my phone right now, so hard to pull up a source. That said:
> lower down the socioeconomic totem pole you go the higher the rates of prevalence of ADHD.
The key word in my original statement was "diagnosis". The rate absolutely seems to increase with lower SES, but diagnosis rate does not reflect that.
Your reasoning for why it is more common among poorer people seems to neglect the significant early environmental factors that might contribute to low SES high adhd prevalence in favor of a rich, genetically superior master-class.
Source?
My understanding is it is the opposite way around. The lower down the socioeconomic totem pole you go the higher the rates of prevalence of ADHD.
Which would make sense given a) it runs in families and b) executive function disorders are correlated with negative life outcomes.
I can't imagine it makes you _more_ successful in life and thus more likely to be from an affluent family.
All the a-holes that abuse the drugs and the DX for any reason need to find another planet to live on IMO. It's so not cool.