A new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement investigated the websites of 371 neurofeedback providers in the United States. The overwhelming majority of these providers made claims in relation to at least one clinical condition (e.g., anxiety, ADHD), and a quarter of them used hype words (e.g., “miracle cure”) to do so. Only…

The games are geared toward children who need help with anxiety, tantrums or anger, but also those with diagnoses like ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder and autism spectrum disorder.

In habituation, an organism gets so used to a ubiquitous sight, smell, sensation or sound that it virtually disappears. Researchers have identified a transporter protein in the brain that plays a vital role in habituation…previous work has shown that variations in the choline transporter have been associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The causes of psychiatric disorders are poorly understood. Now there is evidence that a wide range of early onset psychiatric problems (from depression, anxiety and addictions to dyslexia, bulimia, and ADHD) may be largely due to the combination of just three factors…biological…social…psychological.

If banks are hiring ADHD types, it’s with good reason. A debt capital markets banker who worked at Goldman Sachs for over a decade told us that Goldman’s trading floor was full of people with ADHD and that in trading at least, having a brain that jumps between different things but is also able to…

Parents who remove synthetic colors like Red 40 from their kids’ diets call it transformative, but the FDA has said dyes don’t affect most children. California hopes to change that.  

KEY POINTS: Exercise, good food, and meditation can all help treat symptoms of ADHD. There’s a connection between a restrictive, “few-foods” diet and a reduction in ADHD symptoms. Physical activity promotes brain growth, enhances learning skills, and may have effects even stronger than healthy foods on ADHD relief.

Professor Anita Thapar…writes about the team’s latest findings on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). We know ADHD affects adults and not just children, however, we do not know much about the transition from age 16 to 25 years. Our research study, ‘Neurodevelopmental Disorders: What happens when children grow up and why?’, focused on this with…

One new study showed that from 2007-2017, there was a threefold increase in OUD and comorbid ADHD and that a significant number of these patients received prescription stimulants.

Primary care doctors recommend medication more often than behavior management training (PTBM) to parents of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) within the Packard Children’s Health Alliance, a community based pediatric health care network in the San Francisco, California. PTBM is a first-line treatment for children aged 4-5 with ADHD. A research letter published in…

Symptoms of depression and anxiety have doubled during the pandemic, with 25% of youth experiencing depressive symptoms and 20% experiencing anxiety symptoms, according to Murthy’s 53-page advisory. There also appear to be increases in negative emotions or behaviors such as impulsivity and irritability — associated with conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD.

Researchers at the University of Washington followed 558 people with ADHD for 16 years and found about 90% of them had some symptoms of the disorder, usually off and on, up until age 25. By the end of the study, only about 9% were steadily symptom-free.