Potential impact of social media and COVID-19 restrictions on adult attention-deficit rates

Overview of attention for article published in BJPsych Bulletin, November 2025

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"Public interest may have driven demand for ADHD assessments, with COVID-19 restrictions encouraging social media use facilitated by easy electronic information access" https://t.co/gaiiZQbXIS 'Encouraging social media use'... A nice way of putting it I…

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