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Article: The IQs of Children with ADHD Are Normally Distributed.(attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most extensively investigated types of childhood school problems. Enormous numbers of studies are reported each year on the causes, characteristics, and treatment of both children and adults. In spite of such an intense search for answers, much about ADHD still remains a mystery.
Over the years, several unsubstantiated ideas about ADHD have arisen, ideas that have been referred to elsewhere as "myths" (Kaplan, 1998). In a recent series of investigations of ADHD, we had the opportunity to carefully evaluate a couple of these myths. For instance, there is a widespread idea that children with ADHD have ...