Brain Imaging Breakthrough Reveals Three Distinct ADHD Subtypes

For years scientists have struggled to pinpoint structural brain differences in people with ADHD. Contradictory imaging studies—one finding increased gray matter in a region, another finding decreased—have left researchers without a clear neurological picture. A new study in General Psychiatry suggests the real problem may be simpler than previously assumed. Researchers propose that ADHD is not a single disorder but three distinct neurological subtypes that have been mistakenly grouped together.

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