A nationwide study has shown that ADHD is under-diagnosed in girls. The researchers used a DSM-based instrument to interview caregivers of children already participating in the large National Health and Nutrition Examination survey.
African-Americans were no more likely to have ADHD than non-Hispanic whites. ADHD was less common among Mexican-Americans (in the first large-scale assessment of this ethnic group).
Previous research reveals that girls show more and different consequences of ADHD than boys, and these persist.
Research Reviews and Editorials
A recent review suggests that ADHD treatments work equally well in girls as in boys.
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