Key points: ADHD’s traits can leave autistic traits misattributed or missed, a process of diagnostic overshadowing. Social struggles, sensory needs, and emotional responses to change can be misread through an ADHD-only lens. Seeing both conditions clearly isn’t about collecting labels, it’s about having the right lens.

Key Takeaways: Parents of kids with neurodevelopmental disorders were more likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. The hazard ratio was 1.27 for mothers and 1.20 for fathers. Risk rose with the number of affected children, and tended to be higher if offspring had comorbid health conditions.

Congenital heart disease (CHD) which is a problem with how the heart forms before birth — occurs in approximately 1 % of newborns. It has previously been shown that school-age children, adolescents, and young adults with CHD are more likely to display traits of autism. Now, a team of researchers in the UK has shown…

Why does it take longer for women to receive an ADHD diagnosis? How does ADHD present in girls and women, and has the research been keeping up with the complex realities of this developmental condition? Prof. Davida Hartman, Chartered Educational and Child Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland, joins us In Conversation to answer…

Key points: The current diagnostic standards for ADHD symptoms is comprised of a single list of 18 symptoms. Some studies of adults with ADHD have examined research-based symptoms specific to adults. An innovative brain mapping study used brain scan analyses of children with ADHD to identify ADHD biotypes.

Although Nicholas Fogleman has no personal connection to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, he reflects on how deeply ADHD impacted many of the students  he taught in a sixth grade science class as part of Teach for America. “It’s the most common childhood condition,” he explains. “I felt I could help the most people by studying it.” Today,…

ADHD-related traits may intensify chronic pain through anxiety and negative thinking

The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.

Researchers say mainstream framing of the condition as a characteristic for success can be invalidating for those who are struggling

During a contentious exchange with Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) during a House hearing on Thursday, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied making previous comments suggesting Black children on certain ADHD and other medications should be “re-parented.” CNN’s Jacqueline Howard reports.

Key point: Integration of mental health services within adult congenital heart disease programs results in a majority of patients receiving necessary referrals.

For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of study, its own doctors, and its own menu of treatments. New CU Boulder research calls that age-old dichotomy into question, showing that the same chunks of DNA that underly psychiatric disorders like depression, PTSD and…