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Specialty. Psychiatry, Clinical psychology. Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the persistence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning impairing symptoms must have been present in childhood, except for when ADHD occurs after traumatic brain injury. [1][2][3 ...
In 2022, roughly 1 million more children than in 2016 received an ADHD diagnosis. Prescriptions for ADHD medication also surged during the pandemic, especially for women and young adults.
Some adults diagnosed with ADHD may have been living with the condition since childhood but didn’t realize it, says Carly Harris, L.M.F.T., young adult family program director at Newport ...
While I haven’t officially received an adult ADHD diagnosis, I’m presenting as a person with adult hyperactivity disorder, since these days I struggle to stay on task, to parse complex ...
Frequency. 0.8–1.5% (2019, using DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10) [ 2 ] Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by executive dysfunction occasioning symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and emotional dysregulation that are excessive and pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and ...
Wender Utah Rating Scale. The Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) is a psychological assessment tool used to help diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. It is a self-report questionnaire that asks individuals to retrospectively recall and rate the frequency and severity of symptoms they experienced during childhood that ...