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Ask To Screen For ADHD In Rehabs, Homeless Shelters & Arrestees

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If you look at the decades of research, we ADHD adults and teens have much higher rates of substance use disorder, homelessness, and crime. But if we are diagnosed with ADHD and treated with ADHD meds? 40 years of research shows we have lower rates of all three. But the problem is that the majority

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Homeless Adults had 5 Times Higher Rates Of ADHD. Screen Shelters For ADHD

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27% of homeless adults had ADHD, a 33-year prospective, controlled follow-up study showed.  “A 33-year prospective, controlled, follow-up of clinic-referred 6- to 12-year-old Caucasian boys with ADHD (probands; mean = 8), at mean age 41 (follow-up [FU] = 41). Comparisons: children without ADHD from the same medical center were matched for age and socioeconomic status

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