If your social media feed has convinced you that everyone has ADHD, new data is offering a reality check.

Freshly released figures expose a hidden story: your diagnosis might depend more on your postcode, your paycheque, and whether there’s a doctor nearby rather than your actual symptoms. 

Today, we’re joined by Dr Norman Swan to unpack the national prescription records, which state is such a massive outlier, and what it really costs to get an assessment in Australia’s mental healthcare system.

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• Iran is considering attending peace talks with the US in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official says.
• Federal officials will make the case for major changes to the $50 billion NDIS at a meeting with their state counterparts, with the reforms expected to form the centrepiece of Treasurer Jim Chalmers' budget savings
• Woolworths will face court this week over allegations it misled consumers with "illusory" discounts that disguised rising prices
• Prosecutors say US singer D4VD has been charged with murder over the death of a teenage girl, whose dismembered body was found in his apparently abandoned Tesla
• Kenyans Sharon Lokedi and John Korir have won the Boston Marathon

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Host: Taylah Strano

Guest: Dr Norman Swan, ABC 

Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

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