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by com2kid 4460 days ago
http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=ADHD&Template=/Cont...

http://www.kennedykrieger.org/overview/news/brain-imaging-st...

Really a search for "adhd brain development" yields plenty of results. :)

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Thanks for the reply.

I did note this:

Brain imaging is not ready for use as a diagnostic tool in ADHD, Shaw said."It is still too early to use neuroanatomical scans for diagnosis," he said. "We had to scan hundreds of children to identify subtle differences. They [the differences] are very real, but they are subtle. So the scan of any one child will not tell you a great deal about whether [he or she has] ADHD or not. Currently, the diagnosis of ADHD remains clinical."

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/articles/brain-maturation-de...

A buddy of mine was telling me that you could diagnose ADHD with brain scans--this link seems to say the exact opposite.