The severity of symptoms in individuals with COVID-19 infection varies widely, with up to 40% of patients globally1 remaining asymptomatic while others develop severe and sometimes fatal complications.2 This heterogeneity in illness presentation, along with the overwhelming demands on health care resources in treating patients with COVID-19, highlights the need for strategies to predict which…

Supported by the national research center Synapsy, neuroscientists from University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Centre for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) and the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG) focused their attention on a new electroencephalographic approach called microstates to identify ADHD’s neurological signatures. The microstates technique is used to look at the combined spatial and temporal aspects…

Suicide researchers in Canada aimed to identify whether people diagnosed with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk of attempting suicide. They analyzed data from more than 20,000 respondents from Canada’s National Community Health Survey. Result? 14% of adults with ADHD attempted suicide, while 2.7% of adults without ADHD attempted suicide.

KEY POINTS: Growing up in our society, we learn various social norms across different contexts. ADHD can make it challenging to properly learn those cues. Not understanding or adhering to social norms due to neurodivergency can create negative social outcomes, including at work. In the workplace, ADHD people can struggle to navigate social norms, which…

Regardless, it’s time that ADHD be recognized for what it is: a neurodevelopmental disorder, not a myth, nor a result of poor parenting. Below I will outline structures of the brain that are different in volume and shape and how those differences are thought to be linked to behaviors associated with ADHD. The ADHD brain…

KEY POINTS: There is emerging research on the ADHD-fatigue connection. Simply dealing with ADHD-related problems every day is tiring. There are ways to manage adult ADHD that are less taxing for the brain and can free up mental energy.

KEY POINTS: Sensory processing issues are common in neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and autism. The overstimulation of one or all five senses can trigger sensory overload. Learning what triggers sensory overload and making accommodations using sensory-friendly items can help alleviate a meltdown.

A team, led by Courtney L. Gallen, PhD, Department of Neurology, University of California, assessed a group of children with ADHD on neural, behavioral, and clinical metrics of attention before and after a 4 week at-home intervention on an iPad targeting a critical neural marker for attention.

Children covered under Medicaid are twice as likely to be diagnosed with disorders such as ADHD or autism compared with those who have private insurance, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry found. And regardless of their insurance status, 30% of White children are diagnosed with one of these disorders by age 8, compared with…

Repetitive head impacts in youth tackle football among children ages 9 to 12 are not associated with cognitive or behavioral problems, a study published Thursday by JAMA Network Open found.

In a paper published Dec. 17 in the journal Science Advances, authors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also referred to as UT Health San Antonio) report that norepinephrine, a fundamental chemical for brain performance, is locally regulated in a brain region called the visual cortex.

New research suggests that short-term nutritional intervention, which tests whether certain foods are a trigger for ADHD symptoms through the process of elimination, might make a difference…The study included 79 boys between the ages of 8 and 10 who had ADHD…The findings were published recently in the journal Scientific Reports.