The danger of overdiagnosis amid the childhood ADHD epidemic

(Oxford University Press USA) In barely a decade, the number of US children and adolescents diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has risen by more than 40 percent. Today, more than six million youths have received diagnoses, amounting to one in nine children aged 4-17. Among diagnosed youth, nearly 70 percent receive medication, note authors Stephen Hinshaw and Katherine Ellison in their new book, 'ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news