ADHD in Women: Is There a Role for Meditation?

In a recent Washington Post Magazine article called "Scattered," Brigid Shulte deals with an important topic: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among women. The subject is important for many reasons. First, although most people associate ADHD with schoolchildren, the condition often persists into adulthood. Second, ADHD is extremely common in adults, affecting, according to one Harvard study, an estimated 4.4 percent of adults (or 8 million people between ages 18 and 44), the vast majority of whom don't even know that they have the condition. About 40 percent of these people are women. Third, because ADHD results in all sorts of performance problems (disorganization, failure to meet deadlines, and absenteeism, to name just a few), the condition is estimated to cost the U.S. $75 billion per year in lost productivity. Finally, there are all sorts of secondary problems that people with ADHD have to contend with, including more motor vehicle accidents and other psychiatric conditions -- depression, anxiety and addiction to cigarettes and other substances. (MORE)

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