Relative Age Effect in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder at Various Stages of the Medicalization Process
Diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of ADHD are more common among the youngest children in a classroom, born in the months immediately preceding the school entry cutoff date. The mechanisms behind this phenomenon, called the relative age effect (RAE), are not yet well understood. Nearly all hypo...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-06-01
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Series: | Children |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/6/889 |