ADHD symptoms are more common in children with trans identities.

In an analysis of cross-sectional data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study¹, covering 10,227 children, children who answered “yes” or “maybe” to the question “are you transgender?” were more likely to show ADHD symptoms than those who answered “no.”

1. Elizaveta Ignatova, Priyadharshini Balasubramanian, Julia H. Raney, Kyle T. Ganson, Alexander Testa, Jinbo He, Fiona C. Baker, Jason M. Nagata,
   Transgender Identity and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms: Findings From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, Journal of Adolescent Health,
   Volume 76, Issue 3, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.10.015. ↩︎