30 J. Indian Assoc. Child Adolesc. Ment. Health 2021; 17(4):30-43 Original article Psychiatric morbidity in the parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Shivani Nagpal, Deepak Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Nimmi A Jose, Abhinav Tewari Address for correspondence: Dr. Shivani Nagpal, Department of Psychiatry, SGT Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, SGT University, Budhera, Gurugram, Haryana. Email: drshivaninagpal@yahoo.com Abstract Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders of childhood and adolescence. Due to chronic and pervasive natures, parents find difficulties in dealing with the behavioral problems of such children. A number of studies have shown that parents of ADHD children display substantial psychiatric morbidity in the form of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Aim: To examine psychiatric morbidity in parents of children with ADHD. Methods: Thirty parents (one parent either mother or father for each ADHD child was selected) were screened for psychological distress by applying GHQ-12. Those parents who had score of ≥2 on GHQ-12 and/or history of substance use were subjected to SCAN-based interview which evaluated psychiatric morbidity in them. Results: The results of this study suggest that 46.67% of parents of children with ADHD had the presence of a psychiatric diagnosis in which the most common psychiatric diagnosis was depressive disorder (26.67%) which is several times higher than the general population. One- fourth of the parents of children with ADHD (26%) had substance use disorders.