ADHD takes a toll well into adulthood

Monday, March 4, 2013 - 12:00 in Psychology & Sociology

The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn’t go away and that children with ADHD are more likely to have other psychiatric disorders as adults. They also appear more likely to commit suicide and to be incarcerated as adults.

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