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Closing the ADHD Care Gap

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Additionally, many primary care practices affiliated with academic medical centers or childrens hospitals have integrated primary care clinics. is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Jones, Ph.D., Floyd, Ph.D.,

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

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5, 6 Scientific research has established no causal link between excessive screen time, video game play, or social media use and ADHD. 15 ADHD shortens an individuals life expectancy by 7.5 People with ADHD are more likely to get into car accidents, 24 become hospitalized, and engage in self-harmthan are their neurotypical peers.