GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
ADHD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Males are almost three times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than females. During their lifetimes, 13 percent of men will be diagnosed with ADHD. Just 4.2 percent of women will be diagnosed. The average age of ADHD diagnosis is 7 years old.
Detailed explanation-2: -Boys (13%) are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than girls (6%).
Detailed explanation-3: -Most cases are diagnosed when children are under 12 years old, but sometimes it’s diagnosed later in childhood. Sometimes ADHD was not recognised when someone was a child, and they are diagnosed later as an adult.
Detailed explanation-4: -Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most prevalent childhood disorders today, is generally more likely to be diagnosed and treated in boys than in girls.
Detailed explanation-5: -The same study found that boys are more likely to have ever been diagnosed with ADHD than were girls (12.9 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively). Research, however, suggests that ADHD affects a greater number of girls than typically and traditionally reported.