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Attention Deficit Disorder in Adolescents
Imagine being easily sidetracked and losing your train of thought in mid-conversation. Imagine being unable to focus and having inconsistent school work and career performance. Imagine losing your keys or forgetting what you were going to do next on a daily basis. Today, more so than ever before, there are children, adolescents, and adults who are being diagnosed with either ADD or ADHD. "Estimates on how many Americans are ADHD-afflicted vary, from 1% on the low end to as much as 6%, which equals about 10 million people. Accordingly, several studies show that 80% of ADHD children grow into ADHD adolescents." (Health and Medicine Week, 2004, p.1) According to Larry Silver he states "follow up studies show that about 80% of children with attention deficit disorder no longer have problems after puberty." (Silver, L. B., Brunstetter, R. W., 1986, p.610) Since Larry Silver's publication, it has become clear that, "in most......

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   in Adolescents Imagine being easily sidetracked and ... ...