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| Title |
Is ADHD Diagnosed in Accord With Diagnostic Criteria? Overdiagnosis and Influence of Client Gender on Diagnosis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1037/a0026582 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katrin Bruchmüller, Jürgen Margraf, Silvia Schneider |
| Abstract |
Unresolved questions exist concerning diagnosis of ADHD. First, some studies suggest a potential overdiagnosis. Second, compared with the male-female ratio in the general population (3:1), many more boys receive ADHD treatment compared with girls (6-9:1). We hypothesized that this occurs because therapists do not adhere to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) and International Classification of Diseases (10th rev.; ICD-10) criteria. Instead, we hypothesized that, in accordance with the representativeness heuristic, therapists might diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) if a patient resembles their concept of a prototypical ADHD child, leading therapists to overlook certain exclusion criteria. This may result in overdiagnosis. Furthermore, as ADHD is more frequent in males, a boy might be seen as a more prototypical ADHD child and might therefore receive an ADHD diagnosis more readily than a girl would. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 7 | 23% |
| United States | 5 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 10% |
| Spain | 2 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 10 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 25 | 81% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
| Scientists | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 600 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Israel | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 581 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 174 | 29% |
| Student > Master | 98 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 68 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 43 | 7% |
| Researcher | 36 | 6% |
| Other | 89 | 15% |
| Unknown | 92 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 286 | 48% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 61 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 31 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 23 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 3% |
| Other | 71 | 12% |
| Unknown | 108 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 53. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 September 2023.
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#4,439
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#4
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