Rising Diagnoses of ADHD

Gurdee Parhar, medical director of the ADult ADHD Centre in Toronto, was interviewed by Brennan Doherty of the Toronto Star Saturday, October 14, 2023.

Untreated ADHD costs Canada billions of dollars a year.

People with it (ADHD) are far more likely to have difficulties with concentration, sitting still, or impulsive shopping than the general population. But their problems don’t end at a doctor’s office. Left untreated, it is as much an economic issue as it is a medical one, with the estimated costs to the Canadian economy ranging in the billions of dollars a year. Toronto Star