Many girls and women are undiagnosed with ADHD, meaning they are also lacking support and treatment for a mental health condition that can have rippling effects in their lives. Women are more likely to be diagnosed in adulthood than as a child, even though ADHD typically onsets by adolescence. This means many women spend years feeling the impacts of ADHD, which often leads to lower self-esteem and other negative emotional effects. On the other hand, men are much more likely to get an ADHD...

ADHD is a well-known but often misunderstood mental health diagnosis. Although attitudes around ADHD, which stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are becoming less stigmatized as research on the topic grows, many people still have negative perceptions of it. For a long time, it was seen as something children grow out of, but ADHD persists into adulthood for most people with a childhood diagnosis. Unfortunately, there are still lots of misconceptions about people with ADHD, like...

When you hear the word “storytelling,” you might think of fairy tales, fables, or ghost stories around a campfire. When we think of...