According to Healio (9/28, Gramigna), “young adults with” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), especially “women, were at increased risk for depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts vs. those without” the disorder, investigators concluded after analyzing “commercial claims data to determine the impact of” AD/HD and gender “on risk for depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among 162,263 and 22,705 young adult women and men, respectively.” The findings were published online Sept. 22 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
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— “Young adults with ADHD at increased risk for depression, suicidal behavior “Joe Gramigna, Healio, September 28, 2020