Kids with ADHD have dimmer prospects: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children with ADHD symptoms tend to fare worse as adults than do kids without problems in school, according to the longest follow-up study of the disorder to date. They have less education and lower income, on average, and higher rates of divorce and substance abuse, according to findings released today in the Archives of General Psychiatry. “A lot of them do fine, but there is a small proportion that is in a great deal of difficulty,” said Rachel Klein, a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. …