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We’re Thinking About Mental Health Diagnoses All Wrong

NY Times · May 11, 2026, 5:19 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

Neither genetics nor brain scans can distinguish a person with depression, A.D.H.D. or autism from one without.

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