ADHD diagnoses continue to increase, but Luise Kazda and colleagues argue that the push for diagnosis could be hampering access to care and support for children. The prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children has been rising for several decades, including in countries with previously [...]
Child health is being betrayed, and the physical and mental health of children is in appalling decline. This verdict belongs not to a fortune hunting social media influencer but to a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. The UK was recently ranked 30 [...]
Is an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis in childhood or early adolescence associated with quality of life in adolescents compared with age-, sex-, and behavior-matched individuals without a diagnosis?
Globally, ADHD diagnoses have increased substantially and there is concern that this trend does not necessarily reflect improved detection of cases but that overdiagnosis may be occurring. We directly compared ADHD diagnoses with ADHD-related behaviours and looked for changes across time among Australian children in [...]
Worldwide, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis rates in children and adolescents have been increasing consistently over the past decades, fuelling a debate about the underlying reasons for this trend. While many hypothesise that a substantial number of these additional cases are overdiagnosed, to date [...]