What’s Behind the Underdiagnosis of ADHD in Black Women?

July is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.As a child and young adult, Stephanie Robertson appeared to be the ideal student. She earned near-perfect grades throughout high school and attended some of the nation’s top universities. By her mid-20s, she’d graduated from law school and was beginning her career with a New York City law firm. Internally, however, Robertson fought to keep it all together. She found it difficult to fit in with peers and classmates and struggled with managing fixed schedules and routines. She hyperfixated on specific topics before losin