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Thileepan Naren, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University; Curtin University

How to safeguard against overdiagnosis when more GPs treat ADHD

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The proportion of people diagnosed with and treated for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is growing. Prescription rates have increased 11-fold in 20 years.

But the growth isn’t uniform across the country. This week, ABC’s Four Corners found higher rates of ADHD prescribing in some regions, while other areas were much lower, suggesting ADHD was being missed.

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