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ADHD, Conduct Disorder and Smoking Most Strongly Related to Dropping Out of High School
Listed On: Thursday, July 29, 2010
UC Davis Health System
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(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — the most common childhood psychiatric condition in the United States — are less likely to finish high school on time than students with other mental-health disorders that often are considered more serious, a large national study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine has found. ...Continue
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Summary: Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — the most common childhood psychiatric condition in the United States — are less likely to finish high school on time than students with other mental-health disorders that often are considered more serious, a large national study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine has found. The study found that nearly one third of students with ADHD, twice the proportion as students with no psychiatric disorder, either drop out or delay high school graduation. Published online in July in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, the study "Childhood and Adolescent-onset Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use, and Failure to Graduate High School on Time" found that 32.3 percent of students with the combined type of ADHD — which incorporates hyperactive and inattentive symptoms — drop out of high school. Fifteen percent of teens with no psychiatric disorder drop out. Thirty-one percent of students with conduct disorder drop out, said Joshua Breslau, associate professor of internal medicine and the study's lead author. Breslau said the research shows there are different pathways to poor high school performance. This study identifies multiple ways in which mental-health problems can affect education at the high school level. Students with mania, a mood disorder, and panic disorder dropped out at 26.6 and 24.9 percent respectively. Students with other mental-health disorders had dropout rates in the high teen- to low 20-percent range. The study found that 29 percent of students who used tobacco failed to complete high school on time.
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