Key Takeaways: – Young people are struggling with mental health issues across the United States – Spending on services to help those age 19 and under has surged since the pandemic began – Use of telehealth services by young patients jumped more than 30-fold in the early days of the pandemic

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – A new study is looking into how prevalent attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is in the United States. Researchers looked at the last six years, including the COVID-19 pandemic. They found during that time, the prevalence of ADHD in children has not changed.

Drug enforcement officials increased the limit on US production of ADHD drugs Ritalin and Concerta, along with their generic versions, amid nationwide shortages of the medications. The Drug Enforcement Administration allows manufacturing of 53.3 million grams this year of the active ingredient in the drugs, methylphenidate, according to a public notice filed Friday. The earlier limit had been 41.8…

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a new draft guidance to assist sponsors in developing treatments for stimulant use disorders. The guidance, Stimulant Use Disorders: Developing Drugs for Treatment, when finalized, will be the first to provide the FDA’s current thinking on the overall development program and clinical trial design to develop drugs and…

Australian ADHD Professionals Association President Professor David Coghill says only one in five adults are “recognised” to have ADHD. Around one in 20 Australian children are estimated to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. A Senate inquiry is looking into the barriers to consistent and timely assessment and services available to people living with…

KEY POINTS: Consider older children’s personalities and how testing information may affect them before sharing. Sharing test information with children can help them understand why they struggle in some areas. Emphasize the importance of effort, regardless of test results, regarding intellectual ability. Help your children consider carefully whether to share test results with their peers…

KEY POINTS: Start by identifying your challenges and what has helped you succeed in the past. Consider making changes to your physical office environment. Uninterrupted “off” work time and more frequent check-ins can increase focus and accountability.

Emotional dysregulation is defined by struggling to gain control over intense feelings. It’s an overlapping trait in disorders like ADHD, autism, and borderline personality disorder. Two therapists shared how to tell if you struggle with emotional dysregulation.

Should the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) require a prior in-person visit before allowing clinicians to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine? That was one of the issues that DEA officials heard conflicting testimony on during a “listening session” opens in a new tab or window Tuesday.

Summary: A team of researchers has uncovered new clues about how chemicals released by brain cells regulate our attention span.

For many, an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis is the thing it took to forgive ourselves and finally start healing

Nova Scotia has announced it will pay private-practice psychologists to perform autism spectrum and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments to address the provincial backlog. The province said there are about 1,300 children waiting for autism testing and 400 waiting for ADHD testing.