“This looks scary,” I said as I handed Kyle a piece of mail from the Missouri Department of Civil Process. “I bet it’s a jury summons.” As someone with a history of accounts going into collections, I was relieved the foreboding envelope wasn’t addressed to me for a change and proceeded to brag to my…

All Jennifer Howell wanted was to find medication for her son. Instead, she was caught in a maze of desperate phone calls to pharmacies and physicians. Her son, Linus, had been diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 during the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of his behavioral traits — restlessness, impulsivity, difficulty focusing — suddenly…

In a survey that evaluated prescribing decisions, physicians preferred extended-release (ER) monotherapy for treating patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to results published in the Journal of Attention Disorders. Physicians specifically cited duration of effect and tolerability as the rationale for their ER monotherapy preference.

Parents of young children with an excitable or exuberant temperament could adapt their parenting style to help moderate their child’s potential development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to a new study co-authored by a University of Waterloo researcher.

CLINICAL CONVERSATIONS: The inaugural Black Youth Mental Health Clinical Case Conference Series at Yale Child Study Center, a 6-session event in 2024, will provide a space for expert-led conversations that focus on improving mental health care for Black youth and their families. This conference series is created and directed by Amanda J. Calhoun, MD, MPH,…

If you are unable to recognize when time has passed or you frequently lose track of time, you may be experiencing time blindness. People with time blindness also often find it difficult to meet deadlines, arrive at events or appointments on time, or transition to a different task.[1]

In this second part of a 2-part series reviewing novel agents in the psychiatric pipeline, the focus is on treatments for unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

What You’ll Learn: How are ADHD and substance abuse in teenagers connected? Why do teenagers with ADHD use drugs? Are ADHD medications connected to substance abuse? How can parents help teenagers with ADHD avoid substance abuse?

During 2020–2022, 11.3% of children and adolescents aged 5–17 years had ever received a diagnosis of ADHD.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – There is a lot of misinformation going around on social media about ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Some people are diagnosing themselves.

Dosing errors are most likely common, pharmacists said, but there are ways for patients to double-check their prescriptions.

Takeaways: Students with ADHD are less likely to do well academically. A Kansas parent wants to change that. A proposed law would require districts to have specialists trained in addressing the unique needs of students with ADHD. A strong teacher-student relationship is key in addressing the challenges faced by students with ADHD.