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Epidemiology Of Children With Adhd In Rural Versus Metropolitan Settings, Miranda Nygaard
Epidemiology Of Children With Adhd In Rural Versus Metropolitan Settings, Miranda Nygaard
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Papers
Attention deficient disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD) is an increasing psychiatric disorder affecting children across the world. With significant debate on diagnosis, ADHD is commonly underdiagnosed in children, even today. Approximately 4.6 million children are diagnosed with ADHD, but more than two thirds of these children are untreated. Primary care providers remain the responsible stakeholders for assessing, diagnosing, and treating children with ADHD appropriately. This literature review is aimed to investigate the correlation between the assessment and early diagnosing of ADHD among children in rural settings compared to that of the metropolitan/urban communities. Providing children with ADHD symptoms an early diagnosis, …