A couple new studies on alcohol dependence and ADHD were reported on by the CBC. Essentially, the new research links parental alcohol use and family stress to child ADHD and alcohol problems.

“We found that parental alcoholism predicted heavy problem drinking among the teenagers, that the association was partly explained by higher rates of stress in these families, and these connections were stronger when the adolescent had ADHD in childhood. So, the bottom line is that when the child has ADHD and the parent has suffered from alcoholism, either currently or in the past, the child will have an increased risk for alcohol problems himself or herself,” Molina said.

I think that as ADHD becomes mroe understood, particularly how environmental factors contribute to it, that there will be a merging of ideas on how parental drinking and alcoholism affects children on a broad scale.

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