r/SCT↗
Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome - used to be ''Sluggish Cognitive Tempo''
SCT/CDS is a distinct syndrome identified through research, with its own research-based diagnostic criteria. It is often conflated with common co-occurrences like ADHD-PI, depression, autism, anxiety, sleep disorders, or commonly shared symptoms like fatigue or “brain fog”—none of these represent the syndrome as a whole. The prior name, Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, was considered a misnomer—“SCT” is Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS) as of 2022. It is not yet classified a DSM clinical disorder.
14k subscribers54 posts / mo in Sep 202642 authors / mosince 2012
r/SCT has 14k members (+14% over the last 12 months). It gets about 54 posts a month from 42 people. Top topics: ADHD Navigation, Focus and Productivity and Creatine Supplements.
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- ADHD Navigation0.2%
- Focus and Productivity0.2%
- Creatine Supplements0.1%
- Learning Resources0.1%
- Motivation Issues<0.1%
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- ScienceDirect
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Springer
- American Psychological Association
- Cell Reports
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