Thanks Juan,

The whole 'move' on over-diagnosis (I agree there is real over-diagnosis problem) seems to portray the situation or problem as being caused by 'us' the clinicians or the medical 'establishment'. Although there is that, is there much work done/being considered on the role of the patients/ carers/ parents in that? Many are Pushing clinicians to 'find' a diagnosis, a cause..? This is what I see commonly in my practice: seeing the 'worried well' probably more than what we do 'worrying the well'.

Of course there is the chicken & egg situation: we pushed for overdiagnosis, our work is accessible to the public, they become aware, they come asking for diagnosis, we push for more work on diagnosis...

Majid 

On 12 Oct 2014, at 09:59, Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Overdiagnosis: How Our Compulsion for Diagnosis May Be Harming Children

-a review

-attached, just in case

-un saludo

-juan gérvas

<overdiagnosis pediatrics 2014.pdf>