TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent attitudes toward ADHD in the broader community
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Bisset, Matthew
AU - Winter, Leanne
AU - Middeldorp, Christel M.
AU - Coghill, David
AU - Zendarski, Nardia
AU - Bellgrove, Mark A
AU - Sciberras, Emma
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Outside the submitted work, A/Prof Sciberras receives royalties for her published book “Sleep and ADHD: An evidence-based guide to assessment and treatment,” received honoraria for presentations in 2018 and 2019 at the National Education Summit, Australia, and was an invited speaker at the 7th World Congress on ADHD 2019 with partial travel costs covered. Prof Bellgrove reports personal fees and travel support funding from Shire Pharmaceuticals, outside the submitted work. Prof Coghill reports grants and personal fees from Shire/Takeda and personal fees each from Medice, Oxford University Press and Servier, outside the submitted work. Dr Bisset, Dr Winter, Dr Zendarski, and Prof Middeldorp have no financial relationships or conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose.
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was commissioned by the Australian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA) and funded through the Australian Government under the Department of Health Mental Health program awarded to AADPA. A/Prof Sciberras is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship (#1110688) and a veski Inspiring Women’s Fellowship. Prof Bellgrove is supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (Level B). Funding sources did not have any role in the conception of this study or drafting of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© ©The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - OBJECTIVE: This review aimed to understand the broader community's attitudes toward ADHD, which could facilitate public health interventions to improve outcomes for individuals with ADHD.METHODS: A standardized protocol identified peer-reviewed studies focusing on attitudes of broader community samples, published from January 2014 to February 2020 (inclusive).RESULTS: A total of 1,318 articles were screened and 10 studies were included, examining attitudes of broader community samples from Australia, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Korea, Indonesia, and the United States. Findings revealed that broader community samples displayed varying degrees of ADHD-related knowledge, negative attitudes (that ADHD is over-diagnosed; that pharmacological treatment is not acceptable; that those with ADHD are more likely to exhibit poor behavior), and a desire for maintaining social distance from individuals with ADHD.CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that community attitudes are generally negative toward those with ADHD. Targeted mental health literacy could provide an important avenue for improving the broader community's attitudes toward those with ADHD.
AB - OBJECTIVE: This review aimed to understand the broader community's attitudes toward ADHD, which could facilitate public health interventions to improve outcomes for individuals with ADHD.METHODS: A standardized protocol identified peer-reviewed studies focusing on attitudes of broader community samples, published from January 2014 to February 2020 (inclusive).RESULTS: A total of 1,318 articles were screened and 10 studies were included, examining attitudes of broader community samples from Australia, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Korea, Indonesia, and the United States. Findings revealed that broader community samples displayed varying degrees of ADHD-related knowledge, negative attitudes (that ADHD is over-diagnosed; that pharmacological treatment is not acceptable; that those with ADHD are more likely to exhibit poor behavior), and a desire for maintaining social distance from individuals with ADHD.CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that community attitudes are generally negative toward those with ADHD. Targeted mental health literacy could provide an important avenue for improving the broader community's attitudes toward those with ADHD.
KW - ADHD
KW - community attitudes
KW - review
KW - stigma
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U2 - 10.1177/10870547211003671
DO - 10.1177/10870547211003671
M3 - Article
C2 - 33769111
SN - 1087-0547
VL - 26
SP - 537
EP - 548
JO - Journal of Attention Disorders
JF - Journal of Attention Disorders
IS - 4
ER -
