HealthDay (8/23, Bernstein) reports, “While a higher percentage of black children show the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder” (AD/HD) “than white kids, they are less likely to be diagnosed or treated for the disorder,” researchers found after following some “4,000 children in grades 5, 7 and 10” from various areas around the US.
During the study, investigators found that “rates of diagnosis for” AD/HD “were consistently higher among white children, with 19 percent diagnosed by the 10th grade compared to 10 percent of blacks by 10th grade.” The findings were published online Aug. 23 in Pediatrics.
In a video segment for MedPage Today (8/23), F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, discusses the study and somewhat disagrees with its findings.
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— “ADHD More Often Missed in Minority Kids,” James Bernstein, HealthDay, August 23, 2016.