ADHD linked with smaller brain volumes not bad parenting: research
People with ADHD have smaller brain volumes, so it should be considered a brain disorder, researchers from the Radboud teaching hospital in Nijmegen have told Trouw. An international study, published in Lancet Psychiatry on Thursday and led by the university’s Barbara Franke, suggests that people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have five smaller areas of the brain, particularly children. The researchers concluded that a delay in brain development is typical of the condition, hoping the analysis would stop people associating it with ‘difficult children’ or bad parenting. Lead researcher Martine Hoogman told Trouw that the study suggests children with ADHD have brains that mature later: ‘I hope that above all the study removes stigmatisation,’ she told the paper.
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