People with ADHD have short-attention spans, along with hyperactivity, or restlessness, and impulsivity. Being a neurodevelopmental disorder, it is commonly diagnosed in children and adolescents but can persist into adulthood. New Delhi: One in every two adolescents having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have trouble managing their emotions, which can come out as explosive outbursts, depression or anxiety, according to a new study.
People with ADHD have short-attention spans, along with hyperactivity, or restlessness, and impulsivity. Being a neurodevelopmental disorder, it is commonly diagnosed in children and adolescents but can persist into adulthood. It is known that people with ADHD have problems with self-control, which affects their ability to regulate and manage emotions.
While these problems of emotion dysregulation were thought to be due to ADHD symptoms which impact an individual’s motivation and their ability to think (cognition), researchers showed that such people can have trouble managing their emotions regardless of those symptoms. The team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fudan University, China, also found strong evidence that high levels of emotion dysregulation raises the likelihood of developing more ADHD symptoms. The findings are published in the journal Nature Mental Health.
“Parents and teachers often say they have problems controlling children with ADHD, and it could be that when the children can’t ex.
