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ADHD is Associated with Certain Professions, New Survey Says

Filed in archive Cases , Studies by Gloria Gamat on September 25, 2006

ADHD is Associated with Certain Professions, New Survey Says
In relation to September 20 being the National ADHD Awareness Day as declared by the U.S. Senate, a new national survey conducted for the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) stating that elected officials and entertainers are surpassed only by tradespeople, as the most likely among people in 14 various professions to exhibit signs of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), has been recently released.

According to the survey, tradespeople like carpenters, plumbers and electricians were most likely to have traits suggestive of ADHD, due to the fact that these people can be truly cut out for jobs that are free from traditional, rigid structure and independent in nature.

Contrary to office, bank and retail clerks that have more structure and more public contact and so are included in the fewest reporting symptoms of ADHD.

Construction workers and healthcare professionals followed closely behind elected officials as most likely to exhibit AD/HD symptoms with 18 percent and 19 percent, respectively, citing symptoms consistent with AD/HD.

Lawyers, law enforcement personnel and the media are among the least likely to have symptoms of AD/HD. Business executives, athletes, clergy, scientists and teachers fall in the middle.


In adults, often impairing one's quality of life, ADHD is often characterized by distractibility, procrastination, disorganization and lateness, Incompletelinks projects and losing things and can be associated with personal and professional relationship problems and sometimes substance abuse.

This recent survey also confirmed the significant under-diagnosis of adult ADHD demonstrated by earlier studies.

Find more details from the press release.


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