Saturday, December 1, 2018

Youngest Students in Class More Likely to Be Diagnosed With ADHD

August-born children living in states with a school enrollment cut-off date of September 1 are 30 percent more likely to receive a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), compared with their slightly older peers enrolled in the same grade, according to a new study led by Harvard Medical School researchers.

The findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, underscore the notion that at least in a subset of elementary school students, an ADHD diagnosis may...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/12/01/youngest-students-in-class-more-likely-to-be-diagnosed-with-adhd/140860.html

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