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There is no lower age limit for observing suggestive symptoms, according to the High Authority of Health. However, “Before the age of 5 years, it is recommended to be even more cautious before making the diagnosis, due to developmental variability.” children. New Africa / stock.adobe.com
5% of children are affected by attention deficit disorder, with or without hyperactivity. Faced with diagnostic difficulties, the HAS specifies the essential tests and warns about those that are useless.
ADHD Four mysterious letters, now omnipresent in the media, social networks, conversations around the coffee machine. Again controversial subjectAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder remains poorly understood in France. However, this neurodevelopmental disorder affects around 5% of children worldwide. Health professionals and families concerned all agree on this observation: ADHD is poorly diagnosed in France. Faced with the emergence of self-proclaimed experts, tests and online conferences of all kinds to compensate for the lack of specialists, the Ministry of Health and the HyperSupers-TDAH France patient association had therefore contacted the High Authority of Health so that it could provide its recommendations on the subject.
In a report of around sixty pages, the HAS delivered its ““best practice recommendations” pour “improve the diagnosis and management of ADHD in children…
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