Gender Differences Of ADHD In Boys

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ADHD can be diagnosed in kids as early as 3 years old! Everyone should learn more about ADHD, which would result in a more educated, inattentive community. This paper will be going in depth and explaining ADHD by focusing on three subtopics: Treatment, gender Differences, and ADHD in kids. Overall, ADHD has a lot of interesting info to learn about.
The following paragraph will talk about gender differences with ADHD in boys and girls. Boys are more likely to get ADHD than girls, mainly because girls’ ADHD is more subtle. Symptoms in boys are the more stereotypical symptoms like hyperactivity, rebellious behavior, being easily distracted and having a short attention span. Girls symptoms usually include

depression, short attention spans,

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