Struggles persist for adolescent girls with ADHD

Link: 06.29.2006 - Struggles persist for adolescent girls with ADHD.

BERKELEY – As they enter adolescence, girls with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show fewer symptoms of hyperactivity. But they continue to lag behind their peers academically and have a greater proclivity for other behavioral and emotional disorders as well as for substance abuse, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley.