Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopment disorders among children.
She notes that other studies have found that many children experienced heightened stress, depression and anxiety during the pandemic."A lot of those diagnoses... might have been the result of a child being assessed for a different diagnosis, something like anxiety or depression, and their clinician identifying that the child also had ADHD," Danielson says.The increase in diagnoses also comes amid growing awareness of ADHD — and the different ways that it can manifest in children.
"Girls tend to manifest their ADHD in a more inattentive way. They'll be daydreaming or have a lack of focus or be hyper focused on a particular task that maybe is not the task that they need to be focused on," says Danielson. Wiznitzer says medication is important because it can help kids focus by controlling symptoms of impulsivity, overactivity and inattention. But ADHD treatment also requires therapy that can teach children — and their parents — behavioral and educational strategies to manage their condition."It's always a two-pronged approach," he says. He finds it troubling that the report found less than half of kids and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD were getting any behavioral therapy.
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