RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: overdiagnosed or diagnoses missed?
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 376
OP 379
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310487
VO 102
IS 4
A1 Eric Taylor
YR 2017
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/4/376.abstract
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.