Psychiatric and developmental disorders in families of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Article Abstract:

Relatives of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more likely to have psychiatric or developmental disorders. Researchers compared family histories between the families of 140 children with ADHD and the families of 163 children with Down syndrome. Most families in both groups were middle to high income. The parents of children with ADHD were more likely to have experienced alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, a nervous breakdown, delinquency, learning disabilities and ADHD. The siblings of ADHD children were more likely to have experienced alcoholism, drug abuse, delinquency, behavior problems, ADHD, and learning disorders. Grandparents were more likely to have experienced alcoholism and depression. Aunts and uncles were more likely to have experienced alcoholism, drug abuse, and learning disorders.

Research, Family, Familial diseases, Hyperactive children

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Behavioral and cognitive effects of methylxanthines: a meta-analysis of theophylline and caffein

Article Abstract:

Evidence suggests that neither caffeine nor theophylline have significant adverse behavioral effects on children. Researchers studied the effects on children's behavior changes from 12 pooled studies on theophylline and nine pooled studies on caffeine. The parents of 340 healthy or asthmatic children taking either theophylline, placebo, or another drug reported a slight improvement in their child's behavior with theophylline treatment. The parents of 193 healthy children or children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder taking either caffeine, placebo, or another drug reported a moderate improvement in their child's behavior with caffeine treatment. However, the teachers of these children reported a slight negative effect on behavior with theophylline but not with caffeine.

Health aspects, Causes of, Complications and side effects, Caffeine, Behavior disorders in children, Childhood mental disorders, Theophylline

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Familial risk analysis of the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and psychoactive substance use disorders

Article Abstract:

There appears to be no association between the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and psyoactive substance abuse disorders (PSUD). Researchers analyzed the risks of both disorders in the first-degree relatives of 131 children and teenagers with ADHD and the first-degree relatives of 106 healthy volunteers. The risk of ADHD was greatest in relatives of ADHD patients, regardless of whether the patients also had PSUD. The risk of PSUD was greatest in relatives of those with PSUD regardless of whether they also had ADHD.

Substance abuse

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