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APN Podcast: Why do so many kids in Finland have ADHD?

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More than 11 percent of Finnish boys aged 7-12 had ADHD diagnosis in 2023 , a sharp increase on the 3.3 percent registered in 2015 .

APN set out to discover the reasons behind the rise in ADHD diagnoses in Finland .

One -in-five primary school boys in North Karelia now diagnosed with ADHD.

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