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Underachievement

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Disease relevance of Underachievement

These epilepsies are characterized specifically by a lower intelligence; hence, this could be the primary cognitive factor mediating between the type of epilepsy and educational underachievement [1].

Psychiatry related information on Underachievement

RESULTS: Significant linear associations were found between the number of anxiety disorders reported in adolescence and later risks of anxiety disorder; major depression; nicotine, alcohol, and illicit drug dependence; suicidal behavior; educational underachievement; and early parenthood [2].
Presenting problems included ADHD symptoms, mood symptoms, nonspecific learning disability, and academic underachievement [3].
Academic underachievement (AU) was studied among 177 clinic-referred boys reliably diagnosed as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or conduct disorder (CD) [4].

High impact information on Underachievement

Variables in childhood epilepsy and scholastic underachievement [5].
There is a second, less prevalent type of cognitive attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder constituting approximately 20% of ADHD children that includes severe academic underachievement along with inattention, impulsivity, and overactivity [6].
The most recent national survey of compliance with the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) guidelines was completed before ATP III and showed significant underachievement of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol goals [7].

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Life course outcomes of young people with anxiety disorders in adolescence. Woodward, L.J., Fergusson, D.M. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (2001) [Pubmed]
Presentation of unrecognized attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in college students. Heiligenstein, E., Keeling, R.P. Journal of American college health : J of ACH. (1995) [Pubmed]
Academic underachievement and the disruptive behavior disorders. Frick, P.J., Kamphaus, R.W., Lahey, B.B., Loeber, R., Christ, M.A., Hart, E.L., Tannenbaum, L.E. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. (1991) [Pubmed]
Variables in childhood epilepsy and scholastic underachievement. Jennekens-Schinkel, A., Oostrom, K.J. Epilepsia (2005) [Pubmed]
Behavioral and cognitive subtypes of ADHD. August, G.J., Garfinkel, B.D. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (1989) [Pubmed]
Results of the National Cholesterol Education (NCEP) Program Evaluation ProjecT Utilizing Novel E-Technology (NEPTUNE) II survey and implications for treatment under the recent NCEP Writing Group recommendations. Davidson, M.H., Maki, K.C., Pearson, T.A., Pasternak, R.C., Deedwania, P.C., McKenney, J.M., Fonarow, G.C., Maron, D.J., Ansell, B.J., Clark, L.T., Ballantyne, C.M. Am. J. Cardiol. (2005) [Pubmed]

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