ADHD children ‘threaten suicide’

CHILDREN as young as 10 with attention deficiency hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have either threatened or attempted to take their own lives.

This finding on how children are trying to cope with the disorder is documented in a social study conducted by academics for the Finglas Cabra Partnership and the Finglas Cabra ADHD Support group in Dublin.

Three mothers whose children had ADHD said their sons tried to commit suicide and one said that her 10-year-old had threatened to kill himself. One mother described how her now 13-year-old tried to hang himself twice when he was just 11-years-old.