Peer-reviewed article
Girls with ADHD: Underdiagnosed and untreated
Anne Walters ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5The document says that many women and girls with ADHD never receive a diagnosis. It reports that boys are diagnosed with ADHD more often than girls, and that girls are diagnosed about five years later on average. The text provided is very short and cites one source (Foley, 2018). It does not describe an intervention or name a country.
Key points
- Half to three-quarters of all women with ADHD are estimated to be undiagnosed.
- Boys are more likely to be given an ADHD diagnosis (13.2%) than girls (5.6%).
- Girls are diagnosed on average 5 years later than boys (boys at age 7, girls at age 12).
Limitations
Only a short excerpt is available, with no methods, setting or country, so we cannot judge how the figures were produced or where they apply. It does not report on treatment or on any intervention.
Abstract
It is estimated that half to three‐quarters of all women with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are undiagnosed. Boys are more likely to be given an ADHD diagnosis (13.2%) than girls (5.6%). Girls are also diagnosed, on average, 5 years later than boys (boys at age 7, girls at age 12) (Foley, 2018).