Gender differences in externalizing and internalizing problems in Singaporean children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Tsz Wing Ivy LauChoon Guan LimSanchalika AcharryyaNikki Lim-AshworthYi Ren TanDaniel Shuen Sheng Fung

Published in: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health (2021)

Gender differences in ADHD comorbidities do exist in the Asian clinical population. The lack of externalizing symptoms in females with ADHD has made timely referral and diagnosis challenging. More research is needed in understanding the gender differences in ADHD and the biopsychosocial mechanism underlying the differences in order to improve the detection of ADHD in females.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
autism spectrum disorder
working memory
mental health
primary care
physical activity
loop mediated isothermal amplification
sleep quality
real time pcr