HCP Live (10/5, Lutz) reports heredity appears to play “a major part in the development of” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), a researcher found after “using the Swedish Twin Registry…to compare identical twins to fraternal twins to identify the genetic versus environmental factors that determine” the development of AD/HD. The findings were published in a successfully defended doctoral thesis from Sweden’s Linköping University.
Related Links:
— “Heredity an Important Factor in ADHD, Alcoholism, and Binge Eating,” Rachel Lutz, HCP Live, October 5, 2016.