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The Detail's Long Read: What's Up With ADHD?

The number of adults filling prescriptions for ADHD medication has skyrocketed from around 4300 in 2012 to almost 22,000 last year. Photo: Rachel Salazar/North & South

This is The Detail's Long Read - one in-depth story read by us every weekend

This week, it's What's Up With ADHD?, written by Mirjam Guesgen and published in North & South's April 2023 issue.

You can find the full article, with illustrations by Rachel Salazar, in this month’s issue of North & South.

Once a condition associated with children, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnoses in adults have quadrupled in New Zealand in the past 10 years. What’s behind this sudden and extraordinary rise, and should we take it at face value?

 

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