News From the Field Research on Consequences: Hyperactive Girls Face Problems as Adults
March 20, 2008
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Young girls who are hyperactive are more likely to get hooked on smoking, underperform in school or jobs and gravitate towards mentally abusive relationships as adults, according to a joint study by researchers from the Université de Montréal and the University College London that is published in the latest issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
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Source University of Montreal
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