New Study Shows Children May Be Misdiagnosed With ADHD

Diagnoses of ADHD has significantly increased over the last decade, spurring speculation about whether or not these children have been  misdiagnosed. The signs for trauma are so similar to ADHD that it can be difficult determining the difference, without proper therapy or counseling. Read more about this new study below...

The children with ADHD were also more likely to have experienced a greater number of adverse events. Seventeen percent of children with ADHD had experienced four or more ACEs, as opposed to 6 percent of children without ADHD. The children who had dealt with four or more ACEs were almost three times are likely to be using an ADHD medication as children with three or fewer ACEs, and their parents rated their ADHD as being more severe.

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