November 24, 2020Childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is a chronic health problem that significantly impacts functioning into adulthood and increases the risk for multiple adverse long-term outcomes, according to findings from a new study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1The study, which included 232 adults with childhood ADHD and 335 adults without childhood ADHD from a 1976 to 1982 birth cohort, found that ADHD was associated with a greater likelihood for the following:Notably, this new research did not compare outcomes for ADHD patients who received treatment and those who did not, however previous research on the same birth cohort found that ADHD medication use was linked to reduced rates of.
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