October 17, 2021

The persistent disparity between male and female diagnosis and treatment of ADHD was once viewed as a neurobiological propensity for males to have ADHD. However, contemporary research suggests that this observation is actually related to a lack of recognition and referral bias when evaluating female patients for ADHD.  This consensus statement, published in BMC Psychiatry, sought to improve...

Noteworthy trends have shifted the landscape of ADHD diagnosis and treatment. This study, published in the Journal of Attention Disorders, analyzed data from over 250,000 individual office visit records in the United States between 2008 and 2013. Logistic regression models were used to control for demographics, insurance type, psychiatric comorbidities, and time period.  The study data were...