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Mothers’ ADHD Symptoms Linked to Lower Child Quality of Life

MHD card showing a mother and child in silhouette at a lamp-lit kitchen table with homework, a small amber swirl above the mother's head, illustrating a Spanish cohort study in which mothers' ADHD symptoms were linked to lower quality of life in their children.

Children whose mothers screened positive for ADHD symptoms had lower parent-rated quality of life at follow-up, in a Spanish school cohort of 456 children with and without ADHD. Fathers’ ADHD symptoms showed no such link, and children’s conduct problems tracked their own ADHD instead.1 Research Highlights Lower quality of life with a positive maternal screen: …

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