Adults with migraine have a higher prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and a higher impulsive personality trait score, according to results of a study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders. While it has been commonly reported that individuals with ADHD have an increased occurrence of migraine, the inverse of this relationship — ADHD…

Around 800,00 Australians live with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is the most common mental health condition in children aged four to 17, and around half of those with childhood ADHD continue to have significant difficulties as adults. Without appropriate support, ADHD often has lifelong negative impacts on education and employment. The current cost of…

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression are the most common mental disorders among Hong Kong’s primary and secondary schoolchildren, government-commissioned surveys have shown. Wong Yan-lung, chairman of the city’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health, said on Friday the findings could indicate whether the government was allocating the resources necessary to target the issues, as…

ADHD can mess with a person’s ability to remember responsibilities and deadlines, start and stop projects, and show up as the on-top-of-everything employee that a boss expects. For women, these symptoms are also in direct contrast to what society expects us to be: attentive, organized, self-controlled. If you have ADHD, getting practical support from colleagues…

[Excerpt] What does the research say about white noise and learning? A small but growing body of research has found that white noise has some benefits for people with ADHD. In studies, children with ADHD have performed better on memory and language tests when they listened to white noise during the test and have demonstrated…

Is getting a song stuck in your head a sign of something more serious? Here’s what experts think.

Vitamin D deficiency in adolescents is significantly associated with both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression prevalence, according to study results presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 2023 Annual Meeting, held from October 23 to 28, 2023 in New York, New York. However, the relationship between vitamin D and ADHD only…

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was associated with a diagnosis of keratoconus in males, according to an Israeli population-based cross-sectional study. Looking at the medical records of over 900,000 military members, those with keratoconus were more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD compared with the general population (OR 1.58, 95% CI 1.38-1.81, P<0.001), and results remained…

Children with second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure face higher odds of a current attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and more severe ADHD symptoms, according to study results presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 2023 Annual Meeting, held from October 23 to 28, 2023 in New York, New York.

The COVID-19 lockdowns had a widespread impact on children’s mental health, many studies have shown — and now new research highlights how those lockdowns impacted ADHD diagnoses in 10-year-old children. A study by the University of Copenhagen in Denmark determined that kids in this age group who already had a genetic risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity…

As a kid, Wesley Jackson Wade should have been set up to succeed. His father was a novelist and corporate sales director and his mother was a special education teacher. But Wade said he struggled through school even though he was an exceptional writer and communicator. He played the class clown when he wasn’t feeling…

Drug manufacturers have agreed to increase their production of stimulant medications like Adderall to help address the ongoing shortage in the U.S., with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) making changes to its quota process.