ADHD: The Gender of Diagnosis

In this episode of gender bias in medical diagnosis, Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre tackle ADHD. What is it? Why are so many women denied a diagnosis despite suffering from the same symptoms as their male cohorts? 

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