What being undiagnosed, untreated, and ignored for most of our lives means for Nowhere Girls is incredibly complicated. A ...

Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? Carla Ciccone was diagnosed with ADHD at 39. In the wake of her diagnosis, she discovered a vast community of women—overlooked for ...

What she didn’t expect was an ADHD diagnosis.  She thought back to the boys of her elementary school days, ...

When you think of ADHD, you might imagine a loud and energetic. Girls are more likely to internalise symptoms, masking their challenges as daydreaming, shyness.

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely than their peers to develop depression, anxiety, eating disorders or other psychiatric problems by the ...

from a deficit of attention themselves-from both their parents and the media. But a new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that ADHD may be equally common in both genders, ...

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 ...

A 17-year-old girl came in for her regular check-up. She has a history of depression, anxiety, and an eating disorder. She ...

Mackintosh was diagnosed with ADHD herself a year ago and has also been open about her struggles with anxiety and depression.

In conclusion, while ADHD medication can be helpful for many young people, this new research raises important questions. It shows that the medicine is often used for much longer than it was originally ...