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2. As more women are diagnosed with ADHD, here's how their work ...

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   Masking is common among people with ADHD and requires emotional and cognitive labor, psychotherapist Sarah Greenberg explained to ADDitude magazine. Masking, she said, " can feel like holding down ...

3. More women than ever are being diagnosed and treated for ADHD ...

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   Some experts have found that girls (and women) with ADHD may mask or hide symptoms to conform to gender-based societal expectations. Additionally, anxiety and depression, ...

4. 6 Common Signs of ADHD That Are Easy to Miss - AOL

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   ADHD can be mistaken for anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders. Here are six signs of ADHD in women and girls. 6 Common Signs of ADHD That Are Easy to Miss

5. Masking (behavior) - Wikipedia

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   There is a gendered disparity in masking behavior; studies show women mask negative emotions to a greater extent than men. According to psychologist Teresa Davis, this may be due to the greater social expectation for conformity placed on female gender roles , causing women to develop the skill to a greater extent than men during childhood ...

6. Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Wikipedia

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   Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the persistence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning impairing symptoms must have been present in childhood, except for when ADHD occurs after traumatic brain injury.

7. ADHD in women: Symptoms develop in childhood, but the ... - AOL

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   A 2006 study in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that the ratio of adult men diagnosed with ADHD to adult women diagnosed with ADHD was about 1.6 to 1. According to experts, the breakdown ...

8. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Wikipedia

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   A request that this article title be changed to ADHD is under discussion. Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed. Medical condition Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Other names Formerly: Attention deficit disorder (ADD), hyperkinetic disorder (HD) ADHD arises from maldevelopment in brain regions such as the prefrontal cortex, basal ganglia and anterior cingulate ...

9. ADHD looks different in adults: How to recognize the ... - AOL

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   ADHD is the same condition in children and adults, but it can present differently in grown-ups, says Joshua M. Langberg, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist in the Rutgers Graduate School of ...