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Having trouble? Click here. Diagnoses of ADHD continue to rise among U.S.
youth, affecting one in every nine U.S. kids.
Approximately 11.4% of U.S.
children (7.1 million) have received an ADHD diagnosis at some point, and 10.5% (6.
5 million) currently have the disorder, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Researchers analyzed data from the 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), which measured the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnoses among kids between 3 and 17 years of age. MENTAL HEALTH MAY BE WORSE IN TEENS FROM LARGE FAMILIES, STUDY SUGGESTS: 'FEWER RESOURCES' The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology on May 22.
"Pediatric ADHD remains an ongoing and expanding public health concern , as approximately one million more children had ever received an ADHD diagnosis in 2022 than in 2016," the research.
