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Can children's birth date play role in ADHD diagnoses?
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30125
Subject(s) - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , medical diagnosis , psychiatry , pediatrics , psychology , attention deficit , medicine , clinical psychology , pathology
A child's age at the time he or she enters school may have an impact on a diagnosis of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to researchers from Taiwan in a new study. Researchers note that some reports have indicated a prevalence of up to 15% of children in Western countries are diagnosed with ADHD.