ADHD Rates Have Skyrocketed in the Past 2 Decades?

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By Julie Fidler

Rates of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have skyrocketed in the United States over the past 2 decades, with a new study showing that 1 in 10 children are now ‘diagnosed’ with the condition. [1]

The study used data from the National Health Interview Study to examine children between the ages of 4 and 17. From 1997 to 1998, 6.1% of people in this age group were diagnosed with ADHD. The researchers found that this had increased to 10.2% between 2015 and 2016.

So, do more children have ADHD? Not necessarily, according to Dr. Wei Bao, study co-author and assistant professor at …read more

Source: naturalsociety.com

    

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