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Sharon Fuccilo and 13-year-old son Matthew talk about living with ADHD The first direct evidence of a genetic link to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has been found, a study says.Scientists from Cardiff University, writing in The Lancet, said the disorder was a brain problem like autism - not due to bad parenting.
They analysed stretches of DNA from 366 children who had been diagnosed with the disorder.
But other experts agued ADHD was caused by a mixture of genetic and environmental factors.
Continue reading the main storyRelated stories ADHD 'is not bad behaviour'Living with ADHD At least 2% of children in the UK are thought to have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Affected children are restless and impulsive. They may also have destructive tendencies, and experience serious problems at school and within family life.
The researchers compared genetic samples from ADHD children, with DNA from 1,047 people without the condition.
They found that 15% of the ADHD group had large and rare variations in their DNA - compared with 7% in the control group.
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