When Children with ADHD Reach Adolescence

question 50

Multiple Choice

When children with ADHD reach adolescence,

• A)their ADHD symptoms typically remit.
• B)other psychiatric disturbances are more prominent than the ADHD.
• C)the severity of symptoms may be reduced,but they continue to meet criteria for the disorder.
• D)their academic performance greatly improves.

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