The hyperactivity disorder, usually referred to as ADHD, is an independent risk factor for several common and serious mental health issues, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Mental Health.
, but it's not known if it's causally associated with other mental ill health.
These were: major clinical depression; bipolar disorder; anxiety disorder; schizophrenia; post traumatic stress disorder ; anorexia nervosa; and at least one suicide attempt. But there was evidence for a causal link with a heightened risk of anorexia nervosa , and evidence that ADHD both caused , and was caused by , major clinical depression.
The researchers caution that while Mendelian randomization is less prone than observational studies to the influence of unmeasured factors and reverse causality—whereby ADHD could be a consequence of the various disorders studied rather than the other way round—it is not without its limitations.
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