ADHD Often Lingers Into Adulthood Along With Risk Of Other Disorders

Childhood ADHD Often Can Linger Into Adulthood by Michelle Healy.  USA TODAY.  March 4, 2013.

According to the lead researcher the "risk for persistent ADHA is considerable, and the risk for at least one mental health condition including ADHD, is extraordinarily high." Among the most disturbing of the statistics found in this article was that the risk of suicide was nearly five times higher among those diagnosed with ADHD than in the comparison group.  This was a large study drawing from 5,718 individuals born at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. between 1976 and 1982.