What are the gender differences in the identification, presentation, outcomes, and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

-must be APA 7th edition format

-Introduction: write a brief introduction to the topic, including all 6 elements of a problem statement: significance (why is this clinical topic important) and scope of the topic/problem; backgroud on the topic(the story-briefly tell the story of the issue and why it deserves our attention); consequences of the topic; gap (what we don’t know about the topic or should know more about). 

-Discussion: Write a brief review of the eight studies. Synthesize the results of all eight studies-make comparisons and contrasts between the study results, and then summarize what these are. East study reviewed can be a separate paragraph.

-Implications for Nursing Practice: Take the discussion of the results of your eight studies and decide why this is important to nursing.  How should practice be changed or no changed according to your findings.  Include suggestions for areas of research, policy, and education.  

-Limitations: what are the limitations to your review?

-Conclusion: Write a brief summary of the review.

Here are the 8 journal articles/studies that I have already chosen:

Guendelman, M. D., Ahmad, S., Meza, J. I., Owens, E. B., & Hinshaw, S. P. (2016). Childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder predicts intimate partner victimization in young women. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(1), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-9984-z

Klefsjö, U., Kantzer, A. K., Gillberg, C., & Billstedt, E. (2021). The road to diagnosis and treatment in girls and boys with ADHD – gender differences in the diagnostic process. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 75(4), 301–305. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2020.1850859

Morgan, J. (2023). Exploring women’s experiences of diagnosis of ADHD in adulthood: A qualitative study. Advances in Mental Health, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2023.2268756

Mowlem, F., Agnew-Blais, J., Taylor, E., & Asherson, P. (2019). Do different factors influence whether girls versus boys meet ADHD diagnostic criteria? Sex differences among children with high ADHD symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 272, 765–773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.128

Mowlem, F. D., Rosenqvist, M. A., Martin, J., Lichtenstein, P., Asherson, P., & Larsson, H. (2019). Sex differences in predicting ADHD clinical diagnosis and pharmacological treatment. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 28(4), 481–489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-018-1211-3

Vildalen, V. U., Brevik, E. J., Haavik, J., & Lundervold, A. J. (2019). 

Females with adhd report more severe symptoms than males on the adult adhd self-report scale. Journal of Attention Disorders, 23(9), 959–967. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054716659362

Ward, J. H., & Curran, S. (2021). Self‐harm as the first presentation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescents. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(4), 303–309. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12471

Young, S., Adamo, N., Ásgeirsdóttir, B. B., Branney, P., Beckett, M., Colley, W., Cubbin, S., Deeley, Q., Farrag, E., Gudjonsson, G., Hill, P., Hollingdale, J., Kilic, O., Lloyd, T., Mason, P., Paliokosta, E., Perecherla, S., Sedgwick, J., Skirrow, C., … Woodhouse, E. (2020).  Females with ADHD: An expert consensus statement taking a lifespan approach providing guidance for the identification and treatment of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in girls and women. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 404. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02707-9