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Very relatable (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

In childhood, the ratio of boys to girls with ADHD is about 3:1 whereas in adulthood it is closer to 1:1, suggesting that women and girls are underdiagnosed in childhood

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10173330/

It's not needlessly gendered to talk about issues that predominantly affect women.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, 75% of adults suffering from ADHD are diagnosed in adulthood:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/217065

If 2/3 of those are women, that means that 25% of adults with ADHD were diagnosed as children, 50% are women diagnosed as adults, and 25% are men diagnosed as adults, which is still a statistically significant proportion of the population.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

That's a 20 year old paper. Diagnosis rates have risen a lot since then, and more recent studies suggest that boys still get diagnosed about 3 times more often than girls. I don't see the point of pretending like this isn't a gendered issue. We're talking about an issue that predominantly affects women. No one is saying that men aren't suffering. From an awareness standpoint, it makes more sense to draw attention to the larger population of sufferers to press the urgency of the issue. Once this silent type of ADHD that is more common in girls is codified, the boys with this type should benefit as well.