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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping

ADHD services ‘swamped’, say experts as more UK women seek diagnosis

Female mental health professional talks with patient
An estimated 170,000 identified patients were prescribed at least one drug for ADHD between July and September 2022. Photograph: SDI Productions/Getty Images

ADHD awareness hassoared among women in the UK in the past year, but waiting times and the dearth of clinical awareness are leaving people awaiting diagnosis in a perilous position, leading experts have warned.

Dr Max Davie, a consultant paediatrician and co-founder of ADHD UK, said that people talking openly about their diagnoses – such as the Loose Women presenter Nadia Sawalha – had led to more people seeking referrals for the condition.

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