More Discrimination Against Minority Children With ADHD, 46% Less Likely to Receive An ADHD Diagnosis

Want to have your daughter or son get a proper diagnosis for ADHD in America? It helps if you’re white a study of 17,100 children for 8 years in Pediatrics revealed. This is despite minority children having more risk factors for ADHD. I wonder if the rates are similar in Canada or different? Or if there are any studies on first nations rates of ADHD? I’ve asked different people in first nations organizations over the years but have not heard anyone knowing of any data available. Charting The Discrimination Of ADHD Children By Race. Plot of the survival function or the cumulative proportion of children not diagnosed with ADHD, at each survey wave of ADHD diagnosis by race/ethnicity. K, kindergarten; 1st, first grade; 5th, fifth grade; 8th, eighth grade.   And to make it worse, if you’re a minority in America, your children are statistically more likely to have more risk factors for ADHD. African American are diagnosed with ADHD at only two-thirds the rate of white children despite displaying greater ADHD symptomatology. Minority children are more likely to be exposed to risk markers for ADHD, including low birth weight, low maternal education, low household income, greater frequency of classroom problem behaviors, and lower academic achievement. Boys had twice the odds of girls of being diagnosed with ADHD. Girls and women with ADHD often get ignored instead of getting properly getting diagnosed and treated. I know more than 15 women who went through ...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: ADD / ADHD Treatment ADHD Stigma Source Type: blogs