United States: According to the latest study, it is found that one in every four US adults is likely to be a victim of undiagnosed ADHD; however, just thirteen percent of them have consulted this with their health providers.
More about ADHD
The experts suggest that Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a sort of developmental disorder marked by inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior.
Moreover, as per the Ohio State University researchers, around 4.4 percent of adults who are of age 18 to 44 have ADHD; the researchers followed up with 1,00d adults in their August survey.
What more are the experts stating?
According to Justin Barterian, who is a psychologist and Ohio State clinical assistant professor, “Anxiety, depression, and ADHD — all these things can look a lot alike, but the wrong treatment can make things worse instead of helping that person feel better and improving their functioning,” the New York Post reported.
Barterian said that adults could get to know that they have undiagnosed ADHD once their children are diagnosed and they begin to exhibit similar symptoms.
Dr. Robert Dicker of the Zucker Hillside Hospital: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry noted that might prescribe a child with an ADHD disorder and have the child begin treatment, by a parent of the child confides to the doctor that they also were diagnosed with the disorder.
Dicker said, “Often with adults, they tell me that their parents didn’t believe they had ADHD, that it was frowned on, the school system didn’t support them, or they were stigmatized not for having ADHD, but being poor students and bad kids,” the New York Post reported.
It is generally common knowledge that a child with ADHD often inherits the condition from one or both of their parents. Genetic predisposition is possible to increase the chances of a diagnosis, as well as environmental factors like injuries in the brain, premature births, and lead exposure during childhood.
Barterian claimed that recently, social media videos started to hint at what it is like to have ADHD.
A study conducted early this year revealed in the European Psychiatry journal has established that many youths are self-diagnosing themselves with ADHD after watching TikToks on the topic.
That study’s authors argued these healthy discussions could help decrease mental illness prejudices, but the video makers are not always professionals in this sphere.
“If you’re watching videos on social media and it makes you think that you may meet criteria for the disorder, I would encourage you to seek an evaluation from a psychologist or a psychiatrist or a physician to get it checked out,” Barterian added.