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New research shows increases in ADHD. Particularly in women. Henry Shelford provided comment and background information (via PA news)

Henry Shelford, of ADHD UK, said: “The per­cent­age increase in adult women receiv­ing treat­ment is sig­ni­fic­ant in part due to how bad iden­ti­fic­a­tion is for girls and the catch-up needed in adult­hood.” He added: “People with ADHD, in par­tic­u­lar untreated ADHD, have a lower life expect­ancy, an increased risk of mul­tiple phys­ical and men­tal health­care con­di­tions and a much higher risk of sui­cide. “We should be cel­eb­rat­ing the increased iden­ti­fic­a­tion and treat­ment we are see­ing. The lives that we save and lives it will lengthen.”