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What do we know about ADHD in college students: Summary and Future Directions

Since research on college students with ADHD appeared in the late-1990s, there has been a surge of interest in this population.
Despite the growing number of research on ADHD in college students, this research remains limited, relative to work conducted on children, adolescents, and adults.
One particular issue is that most studies on this topic relied on relatively small convenience samples of students at a single institution.
Much of this research also relied on the self-report diagnostic status of students, which can easily be feigned, or may not apply to this age group.
Most students also have not considered whether adjustment difficulties thought to be the result of ADHD may be, at least partially, explained by other psychiatric disorders.
Studies that evaluate the impact of treatment on college students with ADHD are extremely limited.
To sum up this literature review, although ADHD has become a major area of interest in the study of psychology, there is a very long way for this research to go, since many areas of study are lacking appropriate research and empirical support.

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Updated 2021-05-29

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