User:Hayakoa/sandbox

Beginning to revise some sections of ADHD Wikipedia page.

I feel that the current page may underemphasize the historical and social contexts of ADHD as it relates to girls and women.

"ADHD is diagnosed approximately twice as often in boys than in girls, and 1.6 times more often in men than in women, although the disorder is overlooked in girls or diagnosed in later life because their symptoms sometimes differ from diagnostic criteria"

"ADHD is diagnosed approximately three times more often in boys than in girls. This may reflect either a true difference in underlying rate, or that women and girls with ADHD are less likely to be diagnosed."

The page also includes "fringe" perspectives about ADHD but fails to frame them as so. The source cited within the following quote has questionable sources, including two that are outdated (published in 2005, 2009, and 2010), and a source that contains multiple chapters of information that the authors themselves have since redacted. I have yet to check other sources in the page but will aim to update these.

"Positions range from the view that ADHD is within the normal range of behavior to the hypothesis that ADHD is a genetic condition."

Oh man. Turns out there's an entire separate article about ADHD controversies that is very overdue for some revision.