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[recs] FutureLearn: Understanding ADHD
Nov. 14th, 2020 11:18 pmHere's the course landing page. I signed up for an iteration that began on the 3rd of November and am just now getting around to blitzing through the first week; in addition to the course leader's truly impressive hair I'm actually genuinely pleased by how careful they're being in terms of defining and using terms like "disorder", and when discussing differences between key symptom profiles compiled by external observers versus people with lived experience.
Learned so far:
Learned so far:
- I do not correct enough for selection bias when estimating prevalence, at least not without really consciously thinking about it
- prevalence is in fact ~5%
- formalisation of the syndrome in writing dates back to ~1900, with definitions continuing to be refined (incl state-of-the-art conversations about "adult-onset ADHD" without [recognised] childhood markers)
- persistence (i.e. what proportion of children-with-diagnoses grow up in adults-who-meet-diagnostic-criteria?) has historically been reported as lower than I'd have expected (like, down to 15%), though more recent studies are showing higher numbers that are more in line with what I'd expect...
- ... and the DSM-V actually accounts for this (i.e. the effects of masking and coping strategies in adults) by reducing the number of symptoms required for diagnosis.
