A groundbreaking new study is unveiling a significant connection between adults diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their average life span.Published in The British Journal of Psychiatry,

The life expectancy of adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is significantly shorter than that of peers without this condition, a large study warns.

On average, women diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder died almost nine years earlier, while men died almost seven years earlier, the U.K. study found.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been found to be an intervening factor in terms of shorter life expectancy among diagnosed adults. In a research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry,