The number of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, has continued to surge in recent years. Now researchers are trying to find out why. A new study provided by the New England Journal of Medicine is looking at elementary school cut-off dates as a probable cause leading to misdiagnosis of the disorder. The study found that kindergarten students who had only just turned 5-years-old before starting school in August were more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their older classmates, according to Today.
Although it may seem that would only typically be a few months age difference wouldn’t make that much difference in a child’s behavior, the study proves otherwise. Researchers found that children with August birthdays were far more likely to diagnosed and medicated for ADHD than those born in any other month.
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