Racial and Ethnic Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis From Kindergarten to Eighth Grade
Author(s) -
Paul L. Morgan,
Jeremy Staff,
Marianne M. Hillemeier,
George Farkas,
Steve Maczuga
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2012-2390
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , confounding , confidence interval , odds ratio , early childhood , hazard ratio , demography , medical prescription , clinical psychology , psychiatry , pediatrics , developmental psychology , psychology , pathology , sociology , anthropology , pharmacology
Whether and to what extent racial/ethnic disparities inattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis occur across early and middle childhood is currently unknown. We examined the over-time dynamics of race/ethnic disparities in diagnosis from kindergarten to eighth grade and disparities in treatment in fifth and eighth grade.
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