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Are the youngest children in the class overmedicated? – Neuroscience News

Summary: Children younger in a grade are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their older peers. Younger children have an 80% higher risk of being prescribed medication to control ADHD. Source: NTNU Christine Strand Bachmann conducted a study that includes all Norwegian children born between 1989 and 1998, a total of 488,000 people. …

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