"ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is present from birth, although the symptoms and impairment might not be evident until later childhood or even until adolescence. Some children might "outgrow" their ADHD but a substantial number of cases persisted into adulthood. Thus, there were thought to be two pathways for ADHD. It got better or it continued. New data shed fascinating light on the course of ADHD that challenges this assumption. Whether or not ADHD remits or persists is too simplistic a question."
"Most cases of ADHD (53%) were stable. Nearly a third of the children no longer had detectable ADHD by the end of the study (31%), but a substantial minority had unstable symptoms (15%). Unstable symptoms occurred when symptoms lessened at one assessment point, such that the child did not meet diagnostic criteria for ADHD, followed by at least one year during which they had a return of symptoms and impairment and met criteria for a full diagnosis."
Over 11% of children have an ADHD diagnosis, a rate that doubled over the past ten years. ADHD presents with difficulties in focus, distractibility, inattention, hyperactivity, fidgetiness, and impulsivity and causes impairment across multiple life areas when severe. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder present from birth, though symptoms and impairment may emerge in later childhood or adolescence. Some children outgrow ADHD while a substantial number persist into adulthood. ADHD courses are heterogeneous: approximately 53% remain stable, about 31% remit, and around 15% show unstable courses with symptom reduction followed by recurrence and renewed impairment.
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