On its “Morning Edition” program and in its “Shots” blog, NPR (1/19, Neighmond) reports that an increasing number of “adults over the age of 50” are being diagnosed for the first time with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). In the case of adults, “the problem is not disruptive behavior or keeping up in school.” Instead, “it’s an inability to focus, which can mean inconsistency, being late to meetings or just having problems managing” tasks on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, MedPage Today (1/19, Blum) reports that adults whose AD/HD remains undiagnosed may “have impaired quality of life, productivity, and functioning compared with those who don’t have such symptoms, researchers reported” at the American Professional Society of AD/HD and Related Disorders (APSARD) meeting. In the study, which involved “more than 22,000 adults who had responded to the 2013 National Health & Wellness Survey,” adults with “AD/HD symptoms had significantly worse quality of life than those without symptoms as measured by the EQ-5D-5L index in adjusted analyses.”
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— “Adult ADHD Often Disabling: Study,” Karen Blum, MedPage Today, January 18, 2016.