1 In 9 Children In The US Diagnosed With ADHD, COVID-19 A Potential Factor

Many more children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with ADHD recently.

The higher prevalence could reflect "a generally increasing awareness of and pursuit of care for ADHD and/or a reflection of poor mental health among children during the COVID-19 pandemic," the researchers wrote.

The COVID-19 pandemic likely helped encourage an increase in diagnoses, as previously unobserved ADHD symptoms were front and center in households when children attended school virtually, according to the new study.

What It Takes for a Child to Be Diagnosed ADHD is one of the most common developmental conditions affecting children in the U.S. In the three-year span before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly one in 10 children had received a diagnosis.

More white American children are diagnosed with ADHD than minority children, though the research team noted that "With increased awareness, such gaps in diagnoses have been narrowing or closing."

Children with public health insurance had the highest prevalence levels, as did children whose caregivers' highest level of education was high school.

ADHD in children was most common in the Northeast, Midwest, and South, compared to children living in the West. 

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