ADHD affects at least seven percent of children in the US and nearly as many adults. Learn the symptoms.
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ADHD Children More Likely to Have Sleep Problems
“Results indicated that children and adolescents with ADHD were more likely to be diagnosed with a sleep disorder or prescribed a sleep medication compared to their pediatric counterparts with no ADHD diagnosis.”
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Research Reinforces Need to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of ADHD
Fewer than half of individuals with ADHD had ever sought treatment, and only 25 percent had ever received medication. The average age of first treatment contact was 18 years… “When treatment is sought, it is often in late adolescence or early adulthood, suggesting the need to improve diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.”
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Longitudinal Study Shows ADHD Brain Differences Persist into Adulthood
Gray matter was significantly decreased in the ADHD subjects in the right caudate, right thalamus and bilateral cerebellar hemispheres.
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