For mothers who smoked fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, the risk of giving birth to a child who developed ADHD was 54 percent higher than for non-smokers. For heavier smokers, the risk was 75 percent higher.
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Individuals who have difficulty with attachment in their early years also are seen to have problems with the ability to mentalize — to formulate an understanding of their own and other peoples’ minds. This difficulty is seen more often in ADHD children than in their peers from the general population, researchers suggest, due to their higher incidence of chronic stress.
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