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Impact of depression in ADHD adolescent females

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-10-05T06:46:14-04:00May 14th, 2008|Categories: ADHD, Depression/Anxiety, Research|Tags: adolescent, Depression, female|

In a study by Biederman, Ball, Monuteaux, et al. (2008), adolescent females with ADHD had a 2.5 higher risk for developing major depression compared to the non-ADHD control group. Females with ADHD had a longer duration of depression, the onset was at an earlier age, their depression caused more impairment, there was a higher rate of [...]

Link between ADHD and Asthma

A study of 102,000 children found that children with asthma have a higher rate of ADHD, depression, and learning disabilities than children without asthma. The more severe the asthma, the more severe the symptoms of ADHD, depression, and LD. The researchers point out this may be partly due to the fact that children with asthma are [...]