Mental Health Expert Reveals ADHD Sign Commonly Missed With Girls

If ADHD goes undiagnosed, it can harm self-esteem and mental health.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

ADHD (or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is thought to impact around 700,000 kids in the UK.

While there’s been a “significant rise” in ADHD diagnoses over the past two decades, which experts believe is largely down to greater awareness of the condition, it can still fly under the radar in girls.

Yet, if ADHD goes undiagnosed, it can harm girls’ self-esteem and mental health.

Girls are “more likely to blame themselves, turning their anger and pain inward”, according to the Child Mind Institute, which noted they’re also more likely to experience depression, anxiety and eating disorders than those without ADHD.

Diagnosis, then, is crucial – and there’s one sign in particular which can easily be missed, but is more likely to be experienced by........

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