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Children with ADHD often struggle in a school setting. Certain aspects of learning, such as concentrating, failure to complete assignments, and exhibiting appropriate classroom behavior, can be more difficult. They also tend to have problematic social relationships with peers and adults. Adolescents with ADHD often endure social isolation, academic failure, and family conflict. Due to this conflict and failure, children and teens with ADHD might experience low self-esteem and other emotional problems. With the proper treatment, however, children with ADHD can overcome many of these challenges and succeed in both academic and social environments.

Although all individuals are restless and inattentive occasionally, these qualities are more severe, persistent, and impairing in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). For a child to be diagnosed with ADHD, these behaviors must cause difficulty in multiple areas such as at home, in school, or with friends. ADHD is more prevalent in boys than girls. Children with ADHD have problems in the following symptom areas:

ADHD is a behavioral disorder with three major symptoms:

• Inattention—The child may have difficulty sustaining attention, listening, and attending to detail. Organization and study skills may be poor, and the child may be distractible and forgetfull

A health insurance representative informed me last week that it was her opinion and her company's policy that an evaluation for ADHD can be completed in as short a time as an hour. Yet some professionals take hours administering a variety of tests before a diagnosis is made. In this article I will review important issues in the diagnostic process of ADHD.