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3 core categories of ADHD

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Inattentive, hyperactivity, combined

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ADHD Stats

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more common in US than rest of the world

7 years old is average age of diagnosis

Boys almost 3 times as likely

Percentage of children diagnosed increasing

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ADHD pathogenesis

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Not exactly known

MRIs indicate evidence of structural and functional abnormalities of prefrontal cortex

Genetics (risk of ADHD in parents and siblings of children with ADHD)