HealthDay (9/23) reports that “the youngest kids in class are being diagnosed with” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), “intellectual disability and even depression around 30% more often than their oldest classmates,” research indicates. After examining “electronic health care records from more than one million school children in the” UK, researchers “found that children born in the last quarter of a school year were 36% more likely than kids born in the first quarter of a school year to be diagnosed with AD/HD.” In addition, “the youngest kids were 30% more likely to have an intellectual disability and 31% more likely to have depression than their older classmates.” The findings were published online Sept. 23 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Related Links:
— “Youngest in Classroom Diagnosed More Often With ADHD, Other Problems, “Serena Gordon, HealthDay, September 23, 2019