[Excerpt] On February 11, 2026, researchers from Beijing Normal University, Beijing Sport University, Xuzhou Rehabilitation Hospital affiliated with Xuzhou Medical University, and Peking University Sixth Hospital published a study in World Journal of Pediatrics showing that a 12-week integrated cognitive-motor exercise program reduced core ADHD symptoms in children and produced stronger improvements in inhibitory control…

How does social media affect the mental health of young people, and does more use always mean more harm? Several researchers are working to find out through four pilot studies funded by Yale Child Study Center. The projects, announced in October 2025, are generating early findings that challenge oversimplified narratives about teen screen time. They…

A partnership between Town & Country School and the University of Tulsa is using chess to support students with autism and ADHD.

Key points: Taking things personally is often a response to a past of being rejected or criticized by others. Learning to examine the evidence is how you stop the cycle of taking things personally. Learn the skill of examining the evidence in four short steps.

We need pipelines to train much needed specialists in psychology, speech pathology and occupational and physical therapy

[Excerpt] I had made my peace with all of that: I am who I am, and all I can do is try, I’d remind myself. Then my daughter was born, and all I felt about those four letters was shame. Shame — and a voice in my head telling me I had to do everything in my…

In the past ten years or so there has been a lot of interest to see if medicinal cannabis can help children with emotional and behavioural problems – the ones associated with conditions such as autism, ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) and Tourette syndrome. Australia’s drug regulator confirms doctors are prescribing medicinal cannabis for such conditions.…

While working at the NIH, she wrote “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” a groundbreaking study of obsessive-compulsive disorder. She also researched childhood schizophrenia and ADHD.

Key Takeaways: In a nationwide Finnish cohort of more than 580,000 individuals, later age at ADHD diagnosis was consistently associated with lower GPA at aged 16 years. Individuals diagnosed with ADHD in adolescence were less likely to complete academic upper secondary education and more likely to experience school dropout by aged 20 years. Female patients…

Key point: Adult stimulant use peaked in young adulthood and resulted in significant shifts in prescribing patterns and service modalities, which underscores the need for alternative treatment approaches and more structured diagnostic evaluations in ADHD.

In some parts of the world, the number of girls diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is surpassing boys, according to new research − a trend we’ve not yet seen in the United States. In the study, published April 8 in JAMA, researchers found ADHD diagnoses in post-pandemic years among female adolescents and young adults in British…

TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities are investigating the possible theft of a student’s medication at Long Cane Elementary School after staff reported missing pills last month. According to a Troup County Sheriff’s Office report, Principal Christy Keeth contacted deputies on Feb. 24 after staff realized a student’s prescription medication could not be found.