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Severe Childhood Deprivation Tied to Adult Neurological Issues

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Childhood adversity appears to have a significant impact on neuropsychological functioning in adulthood, according to a new study of adults who had been adopted as children from neglectful Romanian orphanages.

The findings, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, also show that neuropsychological difficulties may explain why early adversity is linked to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in later life.

For the study, a team of U.K. researchers from the University of Southampton, the University of Bath and King’s College London analyzed neuropsychological function in 70 young adults who had been exposed to severely depriving conditions in Romanian orphanages during Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime and subsequently adopted by

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