Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Referral bias underlies putative gender differences in symptoms

Published in Health and Medicine Week, July 18th, 2005

Referral bias underlies putative gender differences in the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

According to recent research from the United States, results from previous a study indicated that, compared with referred boys with ADHD, "girls are less likely to manifest comorbid disruptive behavior disorders and learning disabilities - characteristics that could adversely affect identification of ADHD in girls."

"However, because referral bias can affect outcome, these findings require replication in nonreferred groups of ADHD subjects," noted J. Biederman and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital. In their...

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