PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Eric Taylor
TI  - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: overdiagnosed or diagnoses missed?
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310487
DP  - 2017 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 376--379
VI  - 102
IP  - 4
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/4/376.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/4/376.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2017 Apr 01; 102
AB  - The prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is about 5% of the child population, and it carries risks for mental health, educational and personal dysfunction, antisociality and death. The diagnosis in practice is made with remarkable differences in frequency between nations. Low rates in the UK, by comparison with research estimates, suggest that the condition may often be missed in clinical practice; the reasons are considered.