Every week the Must Watch podcasters review the biggest TV and streaming shows. This week, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan join Naga Munchetty to review ‘Inside Our ADHD Minds’. It’s part of a documentary series which explores different kinds of neurodivergence, including autism, ADHD and dyslexia. In this episode, he meets two people with ADHD…

Key points: Risk-taking emerged as a beneficial strategy in high-reward ancestral contexts. ADHD traits may reflect once-adaptive behaviors, not just modern pathology. Risk may only appear risky when the potential rewards fail to outweigh the uncertainties.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or attention. The team found that a brain chemical associated with alertness, attention and learning alters brain connectivity and function not by acting directly on neurons, the cells…

A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders has found that adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show signs of glymphatic system dysfunction, which may be related to their cognitive difficulties. The findings suggest that disruptions in the brain’s waste clearance system could help explain some of the persistent memory and attention problems seen…

Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have identified a remarkably small but critical piece of genetic code that helps determine how brain cells connect, communicate, and function. The discovery not only deepens our understanding of how the brain’s wiring is built but may also explain the origins of several neurological and psychiatric conditions.

CTx-1301 (dexmethylphenidate HCl) demonstrated improvements in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the 18.75 mg, 25 mg, and 37.5 mg dosages in the CTx-1301-005 (NCT05286762) study.1

At the 2025 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting, Psychiatric Times’ Editor in Chief, John J. Miller, MD, sat down with leaders in psychopharmacology to discuss the topics they find most important. Jeffrey Newcorn, MD, has special expertise in the areas of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), aggression, descriptive psychopathology of child and adolescent disorders, and child…

[Excerpt] In our new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, we explored whether and how ADHD and autism have become more closely connected in our culture, and why this convergence may be occurring. We used computational techniques to analyze more than 478,000 posts from the largest ADHD- and autism-related communities or “subreddits”…

Researchers at the University of Navarra, Spain, investigated the associations between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and lifestyle factors in young adults. The findings are published in the journal Scientific Reports.

In a recent article published in the journal PLOS Complex Systems, researchers explored the link between impulsivity and obesity across 915 cities in the United States. Their findings indicate that obesity and impulsivity, measured by the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), were less common in larger cities. ADHD appeared to influence obesity levels,…

MINNEAPOLIS — There’s good news for people with migraine who take common drugs before or during pregnancy—a new study found no increase in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD in their children. The study, which looked at drugs used for migraine attacks called triptans, is published on May 21, 2025, online in Neurology®, the…

Parts of the “MAHA report” contradict scientific consensus.