How Can We Improve Outcomes for College Students with ADHD?
College students with ADHD represent a distinct and auspicious yet overlooked population. The assumption that this group, by virtue of its acceptance into higher education alone, needs no special support for managing ADHD symptoms has prevailed for far too long.
Given the unique factors that influence the college experience for students with ADHD — from academic and social challenges to treatment adherence — this population merits dedicated attention from clinicians, educators, families, and institutions of higher education themselves.Improving outcomes for college students with ADHD requires a multi-pronged approach.
Many colleges and universities across the U.S. do provide services of varying degrees, including recruitment into innovative programs that target specific areas of impairment with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD).
At the same time, a growing body of literature has sought to understand other factors — like increased parental involvement — that contribute to success in college for students with ADHD.The population of college students with ADHD has increased substantially in the past 20 years — from roughly 2 percent of the student body to about 11.6 percent1.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
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Deaths: 608 235
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Cases: 9 215 683
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Cases: 8 494 589
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