ADHD has a strong genetic component and is highly heritable, and many children with ADHD have a parent who also has the disorder. Photo courtesy of James MontanezFabrikant-Abzug is working to understand how parenting strategies can impact a child’s ADHD symptoms, especially when that parent has ADHD themselves. Medication and therapy are not the only ways to mitigate a child’s ADHD symptoms; interventions that improve parenting strategies also work — but less so when the parents themselves have ADHD. Fabrikant-Abzug is working with her mentor Lauren Friedman, an assistant professor of psychology at ASU, to untangle the interactions between parenting style and a child’s ADHD symptoms. When both a parent and their child have ADHD, Fabrikant-Abzug explained that it can create a feedback loop.

Source: Washington Post November 19, 2024 19:52 UTC