"Whether Kids With ADHD Get Treated May Depend on Parents' Income"

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<p>[Whether</a> Kids With ADHD Get Treated May Depend on Parents’ Income ? Psychiatric News](<a href=“http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/42/20/18.2.full]Whether”>http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/42/20/18.2.full)</p>

<p>Also…[The</a> Effect of ADHD on Educational Outcomes](<a href=“The Bulletin on Aging & Health | NBER”>The Effect of ADHD on Educational Outcomes | NBER)</p>

<p>“Children from the poorest families in the sample were more than twice as likely as those from the wealthiest to meet criteria for ADHD, the study found,…”</p>

<p>Food for thought.</p>

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<p>I didn’t realize this was news. Whether children get treated for anything depends on their family’s socioeconomic status.</p>