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Your Genes and Your ADD ADHD — ADD Tip O the Day 631

Posted on July 22, 2015 by doug with ADHD

  Causes and Courses of ADD ADHD Interesting article from JAMA Psychiatry July 2015 by Pingault, et al.  I don’t really understand the article, but here’s what I get out of it. Genes and Environment and Their Interaction Most psychiatric … Continue reading →

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Genes part 2 — ADD Tip o the Day 399

Posted on June 23, 2013 by doug with ADHD

We, at least most of us, have 24 chromosomes plus 2 sex chromosomes, xx or xy for most of us, half from our mother and half from our father.  The genes are carried on these chromosomes.  Science has been searching … Continue reading →

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Like father, like son — ADD Tip o the day 125

Posted on July 31, 2011 by doug with ADHD

There are many stories of parents bringing their son in for evaluation, and when his ADD is diagnosed and ADD or ADHD is explained to them, the father is amazed to realize that he has it too. I estimate a … Continue reading →

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