Are the youngest children in a school class more likely to be treated for ADHD? The answer is yes, if you're a girl. This is ...

Among the most striking results is the belief that ADHD often goes unrecognized in girls, a viewpoint broadly held by the general public as well as those who are most familiar with the daily ...

Using conventional ANOVAs we hypothesised that boys and girls with ADHD would show greater impairment in all three measurement domains (co-existing symptoms, neuropsychological EF tests ...

For a long time, ADHD and autism were considered conditions that primarily affected boys and men. New research show ...

Studies show that girls are half as likely as boys to be diagnosed correctly as having ADHD. Lounge probes the reasons why ...

For a long time, it was assumed that somewhere between 5 and 6% of children have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

ADHD is a common disorder caused by differences in the brain, with key symptoms including inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Girls and women are more likely to have inattention as their ...

ADHD symptoms in school-aged children: School-aged children with ADHD may have symptoms like careless mistakes on school work ...

A late diagnosis, or no diagnosis at all, can lead to behavioral problems and below-par academic performance. While previous ...

Former Vogue model Leanne Maskell writes about how she discovered that she was neurodivergent, and how it led to the ...

A Ponteland woman wants to demystify ADHD in women and girls and help others to "understand themselves" the same way she does ...

The rise is down to several factors, including a better understanding of how ADHD affects women and girls, and the fact that its symptoms are proving harder to bear in a distraction-filled world.