Re: ADHD blamed for illegal drug use and crime

"Anon Poster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:05:40 GMT, mark4asp
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I would be happy to hear that work on identifying all possible
factors
> >is underway - because I doubt that it can be explained solely by
> >genetics if, as you say: "only one child has AD/HD in a family with
> >one or more normal children"
>
> Many disorders are genetic but not all of those are heritable. They
> are caused by deletions and transpositions of gene sequences during
> cell division around the time the egg or sperm is formed.
>
> Williams' Syndrome, for example, appears to be one such condition
that
> is often accompanied by the features of AD/HD.

Do tell the others what Williams' Syndrome is.

In fact there is a remarkable similarity between Tourette's Syndrome
and AD/HD - some say that AD/HD is TS without tics.  I don't agree
about the latter, but do think that there is a link, just as some say
there is an overlap of about 30% between AD/HD and dyslexia.

I beleiev that dyslexia is just another (inaccurate)  term for those
with AD/HD who have difficulty in reading.