Adult ADHD Diagnosis Growing More Common, Informed: CDC
1 day ago · The CDC report, which found that 6 percent of U.S. adults have a current ADHD diagnosis, identified several gender-based discrepancies regarding the age of diagnosis. Sixty-one percent of women received their ADHD diagnosis during adulthood, compared to 40 percent of men. One-quarter of women received an ADHD diagnosis before age 11, compared ...
CDC warns access to ADHD meds may be disrupted after arrests of ... - CNN
Jun 14, 2024 · People taking medications for ADHD, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, may face disruptions in accessing treatment after the arrests of two executives of a telehealth company that...
More Than 15 Million US Adults Have ADHD, New Study Estimates
6 days ago · By Puyaan Singh. (Reuters) - Roughly 15.5 million U.S. adults have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and most of them struggle with gaining access to treatment for the condition, according ...
ADHD: Misunderstood, underdiagnosed—and treatable - Medical …
4 days ago · ADHD can lead to depression, suicide, substance use, school dropout, and incarceration. Individuals with the disorder have a reduced life expectancy by 10 to 15 years, due to physical and mental ...
ADHD cases are up. 7 million U.S. kids have gotten a diagnosis ... - NPR
May 23, 2024 · ADHD is an ongoing and expanding public health concern, according to researchers studying the disorder. One million more U.S. children were diagnosed in 2022 compared to 2016, a new study shows.
Why have rates of ADHD in kids gotten so high? - NBC News
May 23, 2024 · ADHD cases have risen considerably in the U.S. As of 2022, around 1 in 9 children had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at some point in their lifetimes, according to a...
ADHD medication shortages easing, FDA says, but still ... - NBC News
Many of the ADHD medication shortages that have plagued the U.S. for the last two years have now been resolved, the Food and Drug Administration says. Yet some doctors and patients report they...
ADHD diagnoses are rising. 1 in 9 U.S. kids have gotten one, new …
May 23, 2024 · About 1 in 9 children in the U.S., between the ages of 3 and 17, have been diagnosed with ADHD. That's according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that calls attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder an "expanding public health concern."
NIH Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated With ADHD …
Mar 13, 2024 · Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain’s frontal cortex and information processing centers deep in the brain.
Prescriptions for ADHD drugs spiked during the pandemic, CDC ... - NBC News
Prescriptions for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder medications spiked in the first year of the pandemic, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and...