Different symptoms – Hyperactivity is detected less in girls than boys

– Hyperactivity is detected less in girls than boys

Women suffer just as much from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Posted today at 12:33 p.m.

Some young girls with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) suffer from inner turmoil and struggle with their emotions. They do not disturb the teaching, but in the first place themselves, explains Susanne Walitza, director of the clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Zurich (photo pretext).

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often not detected in girls because it is expressed differently than in boys.

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The girls find it hard to concentrate, are dreamy, anxious, dizzy and often talk too much without being particularly noticed, explains Susanne Walitza, director of the clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Zurich, in the SonntagsBlick.

Some young girls suffer from inner turmoil and struggle with their emotions. They do not disturb the teaching, but in the first place themselves, continues the specialist.

as much affected

The man is considered as the prototype while the symptoms which are rather observed in women are considered as atypical. This results in an under-detection of the disorder in women when, according to the latest research, they are just as affected by ADHD as men.

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Posted today at 12:33 p.m.

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