with about half still showing symptoms. Moreover, compared with parents with no lifetime ADHD symptoms, these parents had higher risks-and in some cases, earlier onset-of a number of psychiatric disorders. For example, 21 percent of ADHD-affected parents had an anxiety disorder at some point, versus 8 percent of unaffected parents. Fifty-nine percent of the ADHD group suffered from major depression during their lives, compared with 40 percent of unaffected parents. Two childhood behavioral problems, oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, were also far more common among parents with a history of ADHD. In addition, both of these disorders, as well as major depression, tended to arise at a younger age among ADHD-affected parents. --More 2257 Local Time 1957 GMT
