Why Are So Many Celebrities Being Diagnosed With ADHD?

Image: Abbie Chatfield, Paris Hilton, Solange – Instagram

Take a scroll through Instagram these days and you’re sure to stumble across a female celebrity who has just received a diagnosis of ADHD. Clementine Ford, Abbie Chatfield and Em Rusciano have all recently posted about the relief of finally understanding their own behaviours.

So how did they miss diagnosis as a child?

In the latest episode of Feed Play Love with Shevonne Hunt, Professor Mark Bellgrove, President of the Australian ADHD Professionals Association, has explained how ADHD can be missed in girls (and how to pick the signs in your own child).

Listen below:

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Zoe Panaretos

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