"The occupational burden associated with ADHD is substantial", with individuals with ADHD earning average annual incomes 17 percent lower than controls, finds study tracking 1.2 million Swedish high school graduates.
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Article Title: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and occupational outcomes: The role of educational attainment, comorbid developmental disorders, and intellectual disability
Funding: This study received funding from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, award: 2018-02599), and through a grant from Shire International GmbH, a member of Takeda group of companies, Zug, Switzerland. Dr. Bulik acknowledges funding from the Swedish Research Council (award: 538-2013-8864). Although the sponsor (Shire) was involved in the design, collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, and writing of the report, the content of this manuscript, the ultimate interpretation, and the decision to submit it for publication in PlosOne was made by the authors independently.
Competing Interests: I have read the journal's policy and the authors of the manuscript have the following competing interests: A Jangmo has served as a speaker for Takeda. CM Bulik reports: Shire (grant recipient, Scientific Advisory Board member); Idorsia (consultant); Pearson (author, royalty recipient); H Larsson has served as a speaker for Evolan Pharma and Shire, and has received research grants from Shire, all outside the submitted work. T Werner-Kiechle was an employee of Shire, a member of the Takeda group of companies, at the time the study was planned, and owns stock/stock options. E Ahnemark was an employee of Shire at the time the study was planned and owns stock/stock options.
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247724
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