For more than 40 years, Annie Cooper has practiced psychiatry. For many years, she has been a staff psychiatrist at Piedmont Hospital and maintained an active private practice. During her long and very productive career, she has had ADD, attention deficit disorder.

At the same time as it has attracted support and understanding, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has invoked passionate debate in recent years. One hot topic is whether ADHD is being over-diagnosed.

Key Takeaways: In a growing trend, some people are using at-home devices that initiate transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)—also known as “brain zapping”—in order to reap a range of purported neural and psychological benefits. Patients are using these devices in hopes of improving mood, memory, creativity, and learning, and also to combat symptoms associated with…

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School’s out, and summertime is here. Let the water gun fights and bubble blowing begin. But the newfound freedom children get as the final bell for the school year rings can be difficult, especially for kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, which affects 5%-8% of school-aged children and includes symptoms like lack of concentration, disorganization…

[Excerpt] The report said long-term intake of heavy metals may increase the risk of a variety of health and developmental problems in young children, including a lower IQ and behavioral issues, as well as ADHD, autism, and other issues.

Telehealth likely will have a major place in psychiatric care in the future.

KEY POINT: CGI-S scores are a useful predictor of psychiatric hospitalization risk.

[Excerpt] The announcement comes on the heels of research released last week by BCBSA based on claims data that find diagnosed rates of anxiety for that age group rose between 2017 and 2021, while rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression grew about 50% to 60% in the same period.

Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed machine learning models to predict childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder symptoms from neurocognitive testing and child characteristics. The study is published in the Translational Psychiatry Journal.

Key Findings: We observed no significant difference between ADHD medication prescribing rates for initial care delivered through telehealth or at an in-person office visit.

In a recent study, women diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were at a 24% increased risk of postpartum depression.