Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is readily associated with boys, however, girls are also affected. It is argued that the impact of this perception in school- aged children is disadvantaging girls by either missing or misdiagnosing ADHD. The public perception that boys are the only ones with ADHD can partly be attributed to the way ADHD is periodically inaccurately portrayed in the media (Consensus Statement, 2002). In addition, although the behaviour problems associated with ADHD are the most well researched and reported of the childhood disorders (Barkley, 2003), the majority of this research has been on boys with a focus on the hyperactivity and impulsivity component (Lovecky, 2004; Wicks-Nelson & Israel, 1997). In comparison, there is scarce research about girls with ADHD (Biederman, et al., 1999; Gaub & Carlson, 1997; Hartung, et al., 2002). It seems that ADHD in girls often remains undetected and these girls are often invisible to many professionals, parents and society in general.
Authors: Stacey Dray, Marilyn Campbell, Linda Gilmore
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W47119791