What do you know about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? Many people know that this is something that can affect children but did you know that it also can affect adults? The truth is that ADHD can persist into adulthood for almost sixty percent of patients that had the condition while diagnosed as a child.
Medical science is tracking ADHD in to adulthood. That has helped them define new symptoms too.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Affects both Adults and Children
There was a recent research that included nearly 600 ADHD patients that indicated how their symptoms covered into their adult lives from being diagnosed as a child. However, there is further research that the symptoms of ADHD in adults are very different from those symptoms that are diagnosed in children.
Childhood symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) persist into adulthood in as many as 60% of patients, according to findings published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- It was found that childhood ADHD persists into adulthood in 60% of cases.
- The symptoms for ADHD differ between children and adults, so it is often missed in adults.
- A new definition for adult ADHD should be written to recognize continued symptoms.
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