ADHD kids, especially girls and BIPOC and trans children, mask all the time. The pressure to be nice, quiet, and polite makes most girls and women with ADHD so good at masking, we don’t even realize ...

Boys aren’t the only people who develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It also affects girls and young women and adults of both genders. Yet girls ...

We all know the kids who blurt out answers in class, can’t focus or follow instructions, and can’t sit still. These are often boys, and they may be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found new correlations between ADHD and anxiety, which are two major health issues among adolescents. The two disorders ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be common, but it’s also sometimes hard to spot. ADHD is usually first diagnosed in childhood and is one of the ...

Many girls with ADHD aren't diagnosed until their late teens or adulthood. My recent research points to a possible explanation for this. The study, published with my colleague Sorcha Walsh, found that ...

Female adult and child sitting on a couch facing someone who has his back to the camera holding a clipboard. Mental health conditions affect people of all identities ...

Experts called for more research focused on ADHD in girls and women in a panel in New York City last Thursday. The National Institutes of Health, the largest public funder of biomedical research in ...

Experts once thought ADHD was something only boys experienced. The research is finally starting to catch up with reality Daliah Singer ADHD often presents differently in girls and women than boys and ...

Recently, a British Journal of Psychiatry study on ADHD and life expectancy caught my attention, and it’s one that made me stop and think. Researchers Elizabeth Nions and her colleagues at Cambridge ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition. It affects the way the brain functions. Symptoms exist on a spectrum of severity ranging from mild to severe and ...