Meta and TikTok pulled advertisements from a major mental health care startup this week after receiving inquiries from NBC News. The social media platforms found the ads promoted negative body images and contained misleading health claims. One of the ads run by Cerebral…featured a woman surrounded by junk food such as cake, doughnuts and chips.…

Telehealth has made it easier for people to access treatment, including mental health medication. But that introduces new risks and considerations, too…According to Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), a nonprofit organization for ADHD, women oftentimes only recognize ADHD in themselves after their own children are diagnosed with the highly heritable condition.

While most people think of this disorder as causing difficulties with completing assignments in school or the workplace, it can also lead to a deficit in what experts call “social capital.” “Social capital is the network and goodwill that you have with other people that help you not only accomplish tasks, but also [maintain] important…

Research reviews show that worldwide, between 2.58 and 5.76 percentTrusted Source of adults have significant ADHD symptoms. Some of these adults have undoubtedly missed an early diagnosis, but there’s also a prevailing question among researchers who study adult ADHD: Can ADHD develop during adulthood, or are all adults with ADHD simply undiagnosed as children?

A new virtual reality game helps detect symptoms related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, which has been challenging with the existing tools…Together with professor of psychology Matti Laine from Åbo Akademi University and doctoral researcher Erik Seesjärvi from the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Salmitaival has developed a virtual reality…

This article explains the relationship between ADHD and the condition known as brain fog. It describes which thinking abilities can be affected by ADHD and it discusses treatments that may help clear the fog. “Brain fog” isn’t a scientific or medical term. Researchers sometimes refer to the experience as sluggish cognitive tempo — a temporary…

KEY POINTS: Most people living with ADHD also experience other related conditions, such as anxiety or OCD. When ADHD and OCD occur together, they can exacerbate each other. Effective care starts with recognizing both conditions, and then implementing evidence-based interventions for both.

In a presentation during the annual 2022 American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) virtual conference, Beth Krone, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry with Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, explained what is known about the association between ADHD and the immune system. In an interview with HCPLive®, Krone explained why this has…

Norwegian, Swedish and Dutch researchers examining a large Norwegian population-based cohort recently reported in European Journal of Nutrition that daily maternal intake of sweetened carbonated beverages (SCB) in pregnancy was associated with an increase in ADHD symptoms among offspring at 8 years of age. The magnitude of associations in the study was weak (typically 15-21%…

Children born to mothers with active eating disorders during pregnancy demonstrated an elevated risk for developing ADHD and autism spectrum disorders, according to a Swedish population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.  

How do children with ADHD respond differently to reward and punishment, and how can we help them improve their executive functions? A group of researchers presented on executive dysfunction and altered response to reward and punishment in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at the 2022 American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) virtual…

Researchers found that inattention led to hyperactivity in the students, and both together contributed to higher levels of cheating. The issue is important because many students with attention problems don’t get an official diagnosis, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, said Eric Anderman, lead author of the study and professor of educational psychology…