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Study: Self-guided internet-delivered treatment can significantly reduce ADHD symptoms among adults

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Although ADHD was orig­i­nal­ly con­sid­ered to be a dis­or­der of child­hood, it has been clear for years that it also impacts adults. At least 60% of chil­dren diag­nosed with ADHD strug­gle with symp­toms into adult­hood and the esti­mat­ed preva­lence of ADHD in adults is between 4 and 5%.

As with chil­dren and teens, med­ica­tion treat­ment is exten­sive­ly used to treat ADHD in adults. Although med­ica­tion is a core treat­ment for adult ADHD, and helps many indi­vid­u­als, many con­tin­ue to expe­ri­ence impair­ment and some expe­ri­ence adverse effects that pre­clude ongo­ing med­ica­tion treat­ment. [Read more…] about Study: Self-guid­ed inter­net-deliv­ered treat­ment can sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduce ADHD symp­toms among adults