Meta-Analysis: ADHD Diagnoses More Prevalent in Black Patients
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses were more common in Black people than for people of other races/ethnicities, a meta-analysis found. In 21 U.S. studies conducted from 1979-2020, the pooled prevalence of ADHD was 14.54% for Black adults and children and 13.87% for Black children only, reported Jude Mary Cénat, PhD, of the University of Ottawa in Canada, and colleagues in JAMA Psychiatry.
View Article: MedPage Today September 9, 2020
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