AAP News Vol. 12 No. 6 June 1996, p. 2
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ADHD persistence

LUANN ZANZOLA

Having at least one first-degree family member with ADHD is one of three factors that predict the condition's persistence, according to the March 1996 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Psychosocial adversity and the presence of conduct, mood and anxiety disorders were also found to predict whether attention deficit hyperactivity disorder persists or remits.

Massachusetts researchers conducted a four-year follow-up study of subjects who had been evaluated twice previously. Subjects, ages 6 to 17, included 128 Caucasian, non-Hispanic boys with ADHD and 120 control boys without it.

DSM-III-R structured diagnostic interviews and blind raters were used to evaluate: psychiatric diagnoses; cognitive achievement; and social, school and family functioning.