Much has been written about the relationship between social media use and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It requires no citations to state that social media use has increased over the last 20 years, as have diagnoses of ADHD. The question is whether there is any kind of meaningful relationship between the two. Correlations between events can sometimes mean nothing other than both events are related to something else, but not to each other.
"ICEBERG! Right ahead!!!" Perhaps you remember this famous line from the iconic 1997 movie, "Titanic." Panicked, the ship's captain alerted the passengers and crew that they would soon strike a nearby, mostly invisible iceberg with 90% of it obscured underwater. Within 30 seconds of sighting the iceberg, the ship made impact, sending everybody scrambling for safety amid the frigid waters. Had they been able to see more than only 10% of the iceberg and adjust their course, disaster might have been averted.
The claim is that individuals may be prematurely diagnosed with conditions that, although meeting criteria for a disease, will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's lifetime.