Children with True ADHD Are Often Misdiagnosed with Conduct or Oppositional

question 11

Multiple Choice

Children with true ADHD are often misdiagnosed with conduct or oppositional defiant disorder while, at the same time, the ADHD medications are being overprescribed. ADHD is thus

• A) seen as too much or too little of a problem.
• B) both underdiagnosed and overdiagnosed.
• C) both well-known and well misunderstood.
• D) neither legitimate nor valid.

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