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Are more people getting ADHD — or are we just catching more cases?

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5 days ago

For many of us who grew up in the 1990s and 2000s, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — better known as ADHD — seemed like a condition for kids.  But that perception is changing: Of the more than 15 million adults in America diagnosed with ADHD, about half of them got that diagnosis in adulthood. Laura Knouse, a licensed clinical psychologist and professor at University of Richmond, says that the condition can be a challenge to diagnose, leading to delays.  “If we think about the core features of ADHD, it’s characterized by age-inappropriate and impairing inattention and it ca...

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