Babble: Psychologist discusses impact ADHD can have on families, divorce

William E. Pelham Jr., director of the Center for Children and Families, is quoted in an article on the parenting blog Babble about a mother who feared who marriage was coming apart because she had placed her son, who was diagnosed with ADHD, pervasive development disorder and psychosis, in a home for psychiatric patients because the family felt he needed round-the-clock care. Pelham noted that "parents of children with ADHD are nearly twice as likely to divorce by the time the child is 8 years old than parents of children without ADHD.