Epidemiology - Prevalence of ADHD across adulthood: is it stable or does it change?

Описание: ADHD Europe contributed to the CoCa Project https://coca-project.eu/ which has formally ended financially but which will yield a lot of important findings in the future

With thanks to Melissa Vos and Catharina Hartman from University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands who are sharing their insights and experiences from the Coca Project (Workpackage 1 epidemiology) in support of ADHD Awareness Month 2022 “ADHD: Understanding A Shared Experience’’ to better inform the public on research.

Recommended research papers are
Song et al: DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.04009
Vos and Hartman: DOI: 10.7189/jogh.12.03024

For many years, ADHD had been considered to comprise the attention and activity / impulsivity domains in childhood and to be a mainly neurocognitive, developmental disorder of childhood. However, it is now well documented that ADHD frequently persists into adulthood, and that comorbid disorders are the rule more than the exception, especially in adult patients for whom comorbid disorders often cloak the presence of ADHD. By now, it is well established that adult ADHD is strongly associated with and characterized by mood and anxiety disorders, SUD, and obesity. he ADHD Women Project www.adhdwomen.eu (under ADHD Europe) has been participating in focus groups to give our voices on behalf of people living with ADHD, their families & carers to contribute to the future research for ADHD. Many thanks to the 'Child Life and Health/Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences' department at the University of Edinburgh represented by Ailbhe McKinney (PhD Researcher) and her supervisor, Sinead Rhodes (Senior Research Fellow) for the colloboration discussions and providing us with this useful information for society.

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