Yet, there is some disagreement among researchers that ADHD causes higher rates of divorce. Though many parents report unhappy marriages, there wasn't a higher divorce rate for parents of children with ADHD, according to a large Canadian report released last year. Then why did Pelham's group have a higher divorce rate? Sociologist Lisa Strohschein who led the Canadian study at the University of Alberta, pointed out that the parents from his group sought out treatment, meaning those children might have had more severe symptoms.
Families with ADHD children are not the only ones with marital strife. Recent statistics show that when a family has a child on the Autistic Spectrum, the divorce rate sky rockets to 80%.
Nearly all couples experience added stress when they have a child with special challenges, thus it's important to consider marital counseling with a clinician who has a good understanding of the issues surrounding raising these often very challenging children.
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