Your Mother Calls You from Atlanta to Tell You About

question 80

Multiple Choice

Your mother calls you from Atlanta to tell you about a neighbor who has a daughter with ADHD.She tells you that the neighbor is extremely upset because her daughter's pediatrician has suggested medication to treat her ADHD.Your mother's neighbor thinks that is very unusual and that there might be something else wrong with her daughter that the pediatrician is not telling her.What should your mother tell the neighbor?

• A)The neighbor is correct; there must be something else going on.Medication is not the treatment of choice in the United States.
• B)The neighbor is correct; the treatment of choice in the United States is relaxation therapy.
• C)It is very common in the United States for physicians to misdiagnose ADHD.
• D)It is very common in the United States to treat ADHD with medication.The majority of children with ADHD receive medication.

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