ADHD Weekly 2016-02-25

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Teens and the Effect of E-cigarette Ads

Did you know that about 7 in 10 high school students are exposed to advertising for e-cigarettes? These ads often portray the product released by the vapor in the e-cigarettes as flavorful and less risky than smoking regular tobacco cigarettes. E-cigarette ads use many of the same themes as tobacco cigarettes to attract new and younger…



Study Supports Behavioral Therapy

“The way it works in parent training is you typically have a training session once a week,” Pelham said during the webcast. “A technique is introduced and talked about and then parents are given a homework assignment, go home and try it and see if it works for their child. They come back the next…



Being Productive When You Have ADHD

Are some of the symptoms of ADHD—inattention, distractibility, and procrastination—getting in the way of your getting things done? There are entire books with suggestions on how to be more productive. Here are a few tips. Make two lists—one of everything you need to do and one of just three tasks to accomplish. Sometimes we can…