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it looks like one of the reasons they're so strict about #ADHD diagnoses here is simply about capacity, according to this news story i'm reading:

nrk.no/rogaland/maja-brukte-sp

the public mental healthcare system is completely overwhelmed. it doesn't have enough money and resources and must triage heavily.

some people get diagnosed by private healthcare providers and pay big sums for it, yet still get turned down for further assistance when they return to the public healthcare system afterwards. a diagnosis isn't enough. it must be a very serious case to be eligible for therapy.

this severe under-capacity explains a lot. that's why they offer so little help. best you can hope for is medications or welfare money.

NRKMaja brukte sparepengene på ADHD-diagnosen – men fikk ikke hjelp av det offentlige helsevesenetMaja Frøkedal fikk avslag på utredning for ADHD av staten, da punget hun ut 30.000 kroner for privat utredning. – Pasientene risikerer å kjøpe katta i sekken.

"limited money and resources" isn't something you associate with Scandinavia, but when a healthcare system must try to help everyone (even people who wouldn't normally be covered by health insurance) everything has to be spread more thinly.

the speed and frequency of care you get as a working person is reduced somewhat, because your tax money is also subsidising healthcare for the poor and the disabled.

in countries where you actually have to be able to afford health insurance or pay in cash to even get help (the United States mostly), nothing is subsidised. those people just fall off a cliff.

The Felon Pope :popephil:

@thor in my entire life in the US it has never been true that you couldn't get health care if you couldn't afford it.

@Phil what was Breaking Bad all about then? i'm asking because i keep hearing these stories of people who can't seem to get healthcare because they're afraid of the bills.

@thor this is because they can't get the health care they want and have to accept what they can get. I was poor and had no health insurance and got very ill. I got treatment. It wasn't great and I had no options but it did the job. Now I have all kinds of choices and the care is more pleasant. Since health care us a limited resource, it has to be rationed in some way.