How is TikTok affecting our mental health? It’s complicated, new U of M study shows

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (04/18/2023)—With the rise of TikTok, many people have wondered about its potential impacts on society, in particular surrounding mental health. According to a first-of-its-kind study from University of Minnesota Twin Cities computer science researchers, the social media platform and its unique algorithm can serve as both a haven and a hindrance…

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How Doodling Helps Kids With ADHD to Focus

KEY POINTS: Doodling can help alleviate boredom and increase focus in ADHD kids. The positive effects of doodling are mediated through increasing brain dopamine levels. Art therapy is an effective treatment for kids with ADHD.

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ASD and ADHD Risk after Receiving a Labor Epidural Analgesia

[Excerpt] For a study, researchers sought to investigate whether there was an association between exposure to labor epidural analgesia and offspring autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), after adjusting for unmeasured familial confounding.

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How Primary Care Docs Can Help Families Manage Kids’ ADHD — Pediatricians need to help concerned families understand that it’s a treatable condition

Patients who receive regular care from a primary care doctor are more likely to receive an earlier diagnosis of conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than patients without a primary care provider. ADHD is a chronic condition that requires ongoing follow-up, though most patients can be managed by family physicians.

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Amid ADHD med shortage, parents fear sending unmedicated kids to school

Annie Artiga Garner feels a pit in her stomach every time a teacher approaches at school pickup for her twin 9-year-old boys, both in fourth grade and both diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Like a lot of kids with ADHD (62 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) the twins take medication to…

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Up to 1 in 4 students misuse ADHD drugs, study finds

More students from middle school to high school are misusing ADHD prescription drugs, amid an increasing number of children being diagnosed with the condition in the United States, a study published Tuesday finds. At some schools, as many as 1 in 4 students reported misusing drugs for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the previous year — meaning…

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