2026-03-13 from globalnews.ca

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh think they’ve found a reason why teenagers with ADHD are likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, too.

Published in the Journal of Attention Disorders earlier this month, the study is being billed by the university as “the first to study a wide range of factors which link ADHD symptoms and mental ill health symptoms over time.”

The study lays out the case that young people who have ADHD are also more likely to have issues like anxiety and low mood at least in part because ADHD raises their chances of having poor self-esteem, as well as a parent with poor mental health.

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