USA TODAY: … Almost a third of kids diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder during childhood still had it as adults, and more than half also had another psychiatric disorder, finds one of the largest studies to follow children with ADHD into adulthood…
“The risk for persistent ADHD is considerable, and the risk for at least one mental health condition, including ADHD, is extraordinarily high,” says lead investigator William Barbaresi, a developmental medicine specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital. “Only 37.5% of the children we contacted as adults were free of these really worrisome outcomes.”…
ADHD is one of the most common neuro-developmental disorders of childhood, affecting as many as 9% of kids ages 3 to 17 (5 million children) and between 2% and 4% of adults, according to the National Resource Center on ADHD. Symptoms include excessive inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity… (more)
