How can we better protect girls and women with ADHD against the unique risks and adverse outcomes that pose a serious threat to their health and wellbeing?
The lives of girls and women with ADHD are jeopardized by exponentially higher rates of self-harm, suicidality, and intimate partner violence, as compared with their neurotypical counterparts or with neurodivergent boys and men.
Greater ADHD symptom severity in childhood was associated with increased risk for physical victimization The BGALS follow-up study found elevated risks of self-harm and suicidality only among girls with combined-type ADHD, and not among those with inattentive symptoms alone, which leads researchers to speculate that impulsivity is associated with higher risk. Researchers also posit that psychosocial factors, such as the teen’s environment, contribute to the likelihood of self-harm. Longitudinal research is needed, however, to confirm this.
“The inner turmoil just seems to get louder and louder and more difficult to turn down, which leads to unhealthy ways of coping like self-harm to help manage the stress,” shares Laura, an“Sometimes I feel worthless and want to self-harm because of RSD, assuming I’m not loved by my loved ones.”
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