I did my presentation for my Literature Review today. My topic is "The Effects of Anxiety and Depression on Academic Achievement", specifically the anxiety [and depression] that come about as a stress response to academics.
Afterward I had a great mini-discussion with a guy who is doing his lit review on ADHD in adults. He made an interesting point about how the symptoms are similar for anxiety and ADHD, but if a boy and a girl exhibiting the same symptoms were treated, the boy is more likely to be treated for a type of ADHD while the girl is treated for anxiety. Yes, research shows that more boys are diagnosed than girls with ADHD but who's to say that they're all correct diagnoses. Maybe some of those boys just have anxiety.
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