Pre-, Peri-, and Post-Natal Risk Factors in ADHD

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Author(s): Pangajam Ponnuswamy (SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, India), Ann Sarah Paul (SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, India)and Aneesha Brigitte Jose (SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, India)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 12
Source title: New Developments in Diagnosing, Assessing, and Treating ADHD
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rejani Thudalikunnil Gopalan (Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5495-1.ch003

Keywords: Medical Diagnosis and Practice / Medical Information Science Reference / Mental Health & Behavioral Studies / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder most commonly found in childhood with its core symptoms manifesting as inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity. As ADHD generates a substantial rate of burden to the society in terms of economic and medical resources used, priority is given to explore the risk factors that contributes towards the multifactorial origin of this disorder to offer possible preventive and therapeutic interventions. With heritability accounting for 75% to 80% of the variability seen in ADHD, the remaining are explained through environmental risk factors that are exposed during critical period of pre-, peri-, and postnatal development. Though literature on the risk factors have been mostly controversial, certain associations have been made with regards to ADHD pathophysiology.

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