Today is International Women’s Day ✊ It’s a great opportunity to highlight some issues and inequalities when it comes to the medical field, in this case ADHD. Almost all medical studies are still being done on men, which means that both diagnostic criteria and medical treatments are based on how symtoms manifests in men.
ADHD is no exception, the diagnostic critera are based on how it presents in young boys. Many girls, and especially adult women, does not act the same way as young boys, making them go undiagnosed for years. Hormonal fluctuations also affect the symtoms and need to be taken into consideration.
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