Young people
2 articles. All topics
- Research
Autistic young people diagnosed later had more psychiatric visits, small Canadian study finds
Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · Cohort study · 147 participants
- Peer-reviewed
A Canadian study of 147 autistic young people found that those diagnosed later had more psychiatric healthcare visits than those diagnosed earlier. The authors say this points to a need for better support after a later diagnosis.
- Policy
Sweden: more than 116,000 young people aged 10 to 17 estimated to have an ADHD diagnosis
A new report from Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare estimates that more than 116,000 children aged 10 to 17 had an ADHD diagnosis in 2025. Officials and clinicians disagree on what the rise means, and how it is described affects how ADHD young people are seen.