Editing Social skills (section)

===ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder===
People with [[ADHD]] and [[hyperkinetic disorder]]<ref name=Banaschewski&Rohde>{{cite book|year=2009|editor1-last= Banaschewski |editor1-first= Tobias|editor2-last=Coghill|editor2-first= David |editor3-last= Danckaerts|editor3-first= Marina|isbn=9780191576010|title=Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hyperkinetic Disorder|publisher=OUP |location=Oxford, UK|first1=Tobias|last1=Banaschewski|first2=Louis|last2=Rohde|chapter= Phenomenology|pages=3–18|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQRUM5v_N1IC}}</ref> often have difficulties with social skills, such as social interaction. Approximately half of children and adolescents with ADHD will experience peer rejection, compared to 10–15 percent of non-ADHD youth. Adolescents with ADHD are less likely to develop close friendships and romantic relationships; they are usually regarded by their peers as immature or as social outcasts, with an exception for peers that have ADHD or related conditions themselves, or a high level of tolerance for such symptoms. As they begin to mature, however, it becomes easier to make such relationships. Training in social skills, behavioral modification, and medication have some beneficial effects. It is important for youth with ADHD to form friendships with people who are not involved in deviant or delinquent activities, people who do not have significant mental illnesses or developmental disabilities, in order to reduce emergence of later psychopathology.{{cn|date=May 2022}} Poor peer relationships can contribute to [[major depression]], [[criminality]], school failure, and [[substance use disorder]]s.<ref name="pmid20490677">{{cite journal |author=Mikami AY |title=The importance of friendship for youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=181–98 |date=June 2010 |pmid=20490677 |pmc=2921569 |doi=10.1007/s10567-010-0067-y }}</ref><ref name="pmid18822833">{{cite journal |author=Coleman WL |title=Social competence and friendship formation in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Adolesc Med State Art Rev |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=278–99, x |date=August 2008 |pmid=18822833 }}</ref>