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Accident Prone Kids and ADHD

Terry Matlen, ACSW
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ADHD expert, consultant, writer. Director: www.MomsWithADD.com

ADHD has been part of my life since...oh, since I was born! But I...

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Dr. Jon A. Shaw, director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami, agrees that children who experience early injuries could later be diagnosed with ADHD.

 

"The finding that head injury or burn injury occurring before 2 years of age are equal risk factors for a diagnosis of ADHD before 10 years of age is a surprising, but interesting, finding," Shaw said.

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