How interactions between ADHD and schools affect educational achievement: a family-based genetically sensitive study.

Rosa Cheesman Espen Moen Eilertsen Ziada Ayorech Nicolai Topstad Borgen Ole Andreas Andreassen Henrik Larsson Henrik Daae Zachrisson Fartein Ask Torvik Eivind Ystrøm

Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2022)

Although ADHD symptoms and genetic risk tend to hinder achievement, schools where their effects are weaker do exist. Differences between schools in support for children with ADHD should be evened out.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
autism spectrum disorder
working memory
young adults
gene expression