‘No evidence ADHD is overdiagnosed in the UK’

The research suggested that an increase in ADHD diagnosis could be linked to greater awareness of the condition (Alamy/PA) -

There is “no evidence that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is overdiagnosed in the UK” and the condition could even be “underdiagnosed”, a team of experts has said.

But they conceded that some people may have been misdiagnosed with the condition.