Miss. Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of ADHD in Adult Women

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review was to explore the impact of living with undiagnosed ADHD and adult diagnosis on women. METHOD: A systematic literature search was completed using three databases. Eight articles were considered relevant based on strict inclusion criteria. Thematic analysis was used...

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Autores principales: Attoe, Darby E., Climie, Emma A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Current Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10173330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36995125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10870547231161533
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description OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review was to explore the impact of living with undiagnosed ADHD and adult diagnosis on women. METHOD: A systematic literature search was completed using three databases. Eight articles were considered relevant based on strict inclusion criteria. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the results of the articles. RESULTS: Four key themes emerged: Impacts on social-emotional wellbeing, Difficult relationships, Lack of control, and Self-acceptance after diagnosis. CONCLUSION: This knowledge can be used to advance the understanding of ADHD in adult women and the implications for late diagnosis in women.
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spelling pubmed-101733302023-05-12 Miss. Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of ADHD in Adult Women Attoe, Darby E. Climie, Emma A. J Atten Disord Current Perspectives OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review was to explore the impact of living with undiagnosed ADHD and adult diagnosis on women. METHOD: A systematic literature search was completed using three databases. Eight articles were considered relevant based on strict inclusion criteria. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the results of the articles. RESULTS: Four key themes emerged: Impacts on social-emotional wellbeing, Difficult relationships, Lack of control, and Self-acceptance after diagnosis. CONCLUSION: This knowledge can be used to advance the understanding of ADHD in adult women and the implications for late diagnosis in women. SAGE Publications 2023-03-30 2023-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10173330/ /pubmed/36995125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10870547231161533 Text en ©The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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