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Real, India-first ADHD information. Diagnosis pathway, the laws nobody explains, validated screeners, and the misinformation flooding your feed. No clinic selling you a course.
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- 9 validated tests
- Misinformation watch
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5%
Adults with ADHD globally
~70%
Heritable, twin studies show
5:1
Boys diagnosed vs girls in India
9k
Psychiatrists for 1.4B people
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ADHD Almost Never Travels Alone: Comorbidity with Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep Disorders
ADHD co-occurs with anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders at much higher rates than the general population. What this looks like clinically, why it matters, and why missing it leads to incomplete treatment.
Understanding the ADHD Diagnostic Pathway in India
An informational overview of how ADHD is typically assessed in Indian clinical settings: who is qualified to diagnose, what an evaluation involves, and what public and private options exist.
ADHD and Health Insurance in India: What Is Covered, What Is Not, and Why
An informational walkthrough of how Indian health insurance treats ADHD: outpatient care, psychological testing, medication, inpatient care, and the practical experience of claims after the Mental Healthcare Act 2017.
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ASRS v1.1, WURS-25, Vanderbilt, SNAP-IV, BAARS-IV, ADHD-RS-IV, RSD scale. All client-side, zero data collected.
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In India, "psychologist" can mean many things. NMC and RCI registry checks, plus the red flags worth pausing on.
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For parents
Is it ADHD, or being a kid?
Parents
ADHD in Girls vs Boys in India: Why the Diagnosis Gap is So Wide
Indian clinical samples show male-to-female ADHD diagnosis ratios that are far wider than the actual prevalence ratio. Why girls get missed, what the inattentive presentation looks like, and what parents of daughters should know.
Parents
ADHD Signs in Toddlers Age 2 to 5: What is Normal, What Might Not Be
Most toddlers are restless, distractible, and impulsive. That is being a toddler. So how do paediatricians and child psychiatrists distinguish a developmental phase from an early ADHD pattern? An honest, calm guide for Indian parents.
Parents
ADHD Signs in School-Age Children 6 to 12: What to Look For
School-age is when ADHD typically becomes visible to parents and teachers. What the pattern looks like, what kinds of report-card and homework difficulties signal a closer look, and how to think about evaluation in the Indian school context.
Adult life
Work, sleep, money, love.
Adult ADHD
ADHD and Money: Why Personal Finance is Often a Quiet Disaster
Adult ADHD interacts with personal finance in specific, recognisable ways. Impulse spending, missed bills, late fees, unfiled taxes, and the underlying mechanisms that produce all of them. What helps.
Adult ADHD
ADHD at Work in India: Patterns, Strategies, and Workplace Realities
What adult ADHD looks like in the Indian workplace, what the recurring difficulties are, and what kinds of strategies and supports actually help. Practical, not motivational.
Adult ADHD
ADHD in Relationships: Patterns, Strain, and What Helps
Adult ADHD affects intimate relationships in specific, recognisable ways. The clinical literature on couples where one or both partners have ADHD describes recurring patterns and approaches that help.
Misinformation watch
What Instagram gets wrong about ADHD.
Sugar does not cause ADHD. Stimulants are not gateway drugs. Bad parenting is not the cause. Ten viral claims, fact-checked against published research.
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