ADHD in Women and Girls: Why Female Symptoms Slip Through Diagnostic Cracks
female manifestations of ADHD – including findings on self-harm, peer relationships, trauma, and more – reveal crucial aspects of the condition that are as devastating as they are under-appreciated.
Along with a recognition of general sex and gender differences, these factors must inform future research practices and clinical approaches for this group.1The bottom line: Our approach to ADHD in women and girls has been broken for too long.
To fix it, we must challenge everything we know about the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD today.Sex bias that favors male over female research subjects exists across many medical and mental disorders; it is a widespread problem that extends even to basic animal research.23 Traditionally, many scientific efforts excluded women entirely from clinical trials.
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