13/12/2025
ADHD in girls is often undiagnosed due to a number of reasons including assessment tool and presentation male bias to be a big factor. Here is a useful table of common indicators by .com. Some of the research coming out more recently is identifying that girls and women present differently to males and there begs the question, do we need a different assessment and diagnosis pathway?
Sources:
Hinshaw, S. P., et al. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2021) – Review on underrepresentation of girls and women with ADHDfrontiersin.org.
Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2025) – Systematic review of s*x differences in ADHD among youth frontiersin.org.
Duke Center for Girls & Women with ADHD (2025) – “ADHD in Girls and Women: Key Facts” (compilation of research findings) psychiatry.duke.edu.
Amiri, D. et al., Middle East Current Psychiatry (2025) – Narrative review on gender disparities in ADHD treatment outcomes mecp.springeropen.com.
Silva, D. et al. (2020s) – Various studies on academic performance differences in ADHD by s*x frontiersin.org.
Young et al., BMC Psychiatry (2020) – Consensus statement on females with ADHD across the lifespan psychiatry.duke.edu.
