In many girls, she says, ADHD presents itself predominantly as inattention. They tend to be dreamy, shy, slow and unobtrusive rather than hyperactive and impulsive. Either way, ADHD is "a ...

During childhood, when symptoms usually first emerge, people may have biases that make it less likely for them to recognize ...

Background ADHD is diagnosed and treated more often in males than in females. Research on gender differences suggests that girls may be consistently underidentified and underdiagnosed because of ...

Is your bright, capable daughter having trouble staying focused, keeping up with assignments, or managing her time?

Calls for social media companies to block dubious and oversimplified videos about ADHD and autism from teenage feeds come after The i Paper's investigation. A 13-year-old girl’s account was repeatedly ...

Today’s Original Poster (OP) appears to be in the midst of the storm with her 17-year-old daughter. While they await her daughter’s ADHD assessment, she now questions whether her daughter’s behavior ...

Difficulty focusing, hyperactivity, and impulsive behaviour are key signs of ADHD. If your child has this neurodevelopmental ...

Boys, who tend to show more hyperactive or impulsive symptoms, have historically been more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than girls. But improved awareness of inattentive symptoms (as well as ...

Adderall shortages have prompted doctors to switch kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder to other forms of ...

Meanwhile, the rate of stimulant dispensing was 9% higher than expected among girls aged five to 11 years, consistent with a prior study showing that children with first time ADHD diagnoses were more ...

Although stimulant dispensing rates have rebounded to — or exceeded — pre-pandemic levels among girls, the dispensing rate ...

Using conventional ANOVAs we hypothesised that boys and girls with ADHD would show greater impairment in all three measurement domains (co-existing symptoms, neuropsychological EF tests ...