The number of citizens receiving medication for ADHD has increased by roughly 20 percent in just one year. There are many explanations for this. But now a completely different type of help is being introduced.

Danes' consumption of ADHD medication sets new record: »really thought-provoking«

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There was one question that a number of experts found difficult to answer when Politiken presented figures last fall showing that the use of ADHD medication among adults has exploded in recent years. The question was how the number of prescriptions would develop in the future.

We can now reveal a part of the information. In all of 2024, there were 133,000 people who received medication for ADHD. We wrote about these figures in September. Now the Danish Health Data Authority has a number that covers all of 2025, except for December.

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