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The article seemed to be mostly about adult-onset ADHD, which the author asserts is rare or non-existent - it would be noticed and diagnosed as a child/teenager
by madenine 9y ago
The article seemed to be mostly about adult-onset ADHD, which the author asserts is rare or non-existent - it would be noticed and diagnosed as a child/teenager, or evaluation would reveal that it had been ignored/untreated.
I'd wager that Allen Frances has met many adults with ADHD - but probably not many (if any) who started showing symptoms only in adulthood.
- pseudalopex 9y agoThe article does very little to distinguish between adult onset, adult diagnosis, and continued diagnosis. I found what seems to be the longitudinal study Conners referred to.[1] The authors present evidence that "adult ADHD" is a verifiable condition with symptoms similar to childhood ADHD but apparently unrelated. [1] http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14101266 http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.20...