OBJECTIVE: This review aims at providing Pediatricians, Pediatric Neurologists and Psychiatrists an update on the relationship between scholar achievement and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. SOURCES: Data was obtained by a comprehensive, non-systematic review of medical literature. SUMMARY OF THE FIBDIBGS: Data obtained from literature shows that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, specially inattentive subtype, is related to underachievement. CONCLUSIONS: Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are at risk for underachievement and must receive special care.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; underachievement; child; adolescent