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ADHD diagnoses, medication use lower among African-Americans, Latinos than white children

 ADHD in the News 2016-09-22


Racial and ethnic disparities in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication persisted because of fewer diagnoses and treatments in African-American and Latino children as opposed to overdiagnoses and treatments in white children, according to study findings.

View Article: Healio, September 15, 2016




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