A new study put 3,383 Reddit posts behind the feeling that the ADHD symptom list is describing somebody else. Plus a birth-order pattern in 10 million records, and the assumption hospitals get wrong about neurodivergent patients.
If you have ever read the official ADHD symptom list and felt it was describing somebody else, a study this week put 3,383 Reddit posts behind that feeling.
Two others landed with it: a birth-order pattern pulled out of ten million insurance records, and an emergency department study that contradicts an assumption hospital services have been making about neurodivergent patients for years.
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What stands out to you in this research? Does it change how you understand or approach ADHD?