People Whose AD/HD Persists Into Adulthood May Have Increased Risk For Motor Vehicle Crashes, Researchers Say

Healio (8/29, Demko) reports, “Individuals whose childhood” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) “persists into adulthood appear to be at increased risk for motor vehicle crashes,” researchers concluded after examining “the risk for motor vehicle crashes…in 441 adults with” AD/HD and “239 controls without” the disorder. The findings were published online Aug. 22 in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

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— “Adult ADHD persistence may increase car crash risk, “Savannah Demko, Healio, August 29, 2019

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