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kolyambrus t1_j6ccb5r wrote

Reply to comment by Hot_Flan1220 in What makes it difficult to determine whether nutrient deficiencies are implicated in mental-health issues like ADHD? by LinguisticsTurtle

I'd say that's almost an ideological statement. There doesn't seem to be any consensus which side is universally dominant, genetics or the environment, so it's not wise to discard "mental health" arguments.

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gingerbread_man123 t1_j6de29l wrote

There are two aspects to his statement:

  1. ASD/ADHD are neurodevelopmental rather than mental health issues. Substantively provable

  2. ASD/ADHD is mostly genetic. I agree with you that we're not yet in a position to discard all environment factors.

Using the term "mental health" isn't appropriate in this context. General treatments for mental health conditions (CBT, antidepressants etc) have almost no overlap with treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders, unless there is a comorbidity that leads to separate mental health issues.

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