6 Million Visits for ADHD by U.S. Kids Each Year Medications prescribed or continued in 80% of visits

Using ICD diagnoses codes, the researchers determined that about 29% of children who had ADHD office visits had any additional mental health disorder, including episodic mood disorder (7%); anxiety, dissociative, and somatoform disorder (7%); and disturbance of emotions specific to childhood and adolescence (4%). http://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/adhd-add/62717?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-01-27&eun=g721819d0r&pos=8