Genetics and ADHD

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Genetics and ADHD

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ADHD is genetically transmitted most of the time. The odds are that if you as a parent have ADHD one in three that each child will have ADHD. Now, if both parents have ADHD, the odds are two out of three that each child will have it. Of course, those are odds. None of your children may have. All of your children may have it. One parent: Odds are one out three. Two parents: Odds are two out of three per child.

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Edward Hallowell, MD, EdD

Psychiatrist, ADHD Specialist, & Author

Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD, EdD is a Harvard-trained Child and Adult Psychiatrist in practice in Sudbury, MA (outside Boston) and New York City. The author of 18 books, Dr. Hallowell specializes in learning differences such as ADHD and dyslexia, both of which he has himself.  He has also written extensively on general issues of parenting and living in our modern age. He lives in the Boston area with his wife of 23 years, Sue, and their three children, Lucy, Jack, and Tucker.

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