Medicine
A common stimulant treatment used in ADHD
What is Adderall?
The ratio in which boys and girls are diagnosed with ADHD
What is 2-1?
The year the effects of stimulants started to be researched
1961
Difficulty staying on task, paying attention, and more
What is inattention?
The most prescribed type of medicine to treat ADHD
Stimulant
The belief characterized about ADHD medicine being a catch all.
Medicine is magic
This news agency helped spread fear over stimulant use in 1970
Washington Post
A state of excessive activity
Hyperactive
A neurotransmitter targeted by stimulants, also is part of reward seeking
What is Dopamine?
Common misdiagnosis for girls with ADHD
What is depression?
The year researchers figured out attention was a factor in ADHD
1980
Acting without thinking
What is impulsivity?
The length of time for stimulant medication to take effect
A few hours
A shared issue with dyssomnias and ADHD
What is trouble falling asleep?
The city and state in which the Washington Post incorrectly reported some data on ADHD treatment
Omaha, Nebraska
The most common period in which people are diagnosed with ADHD
Childhood
An alternate, slower and longer type of medication used to treat ADHD
What is a non-stimulant?
Common issues faced with girls when it comes to being diagnosed with ADHD
length of diagnosis, misdiagnosis, number of needed referrals
The year Ritalin was first synthesized (d-day also happened this year)
What is 1944
The two general groupings of ADHD symptoms
Inattentive symptoms, Hyperactive-Impulsive Symptoms