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.

Peer-reviewed research invites scholars worldwide to breed mice with a single ADHD mutation discovered in Bedouin family, as they give ‘unprecedented insight’ into brain function

ADHD is a mental health condition typically characterized by inattentive, hyperactive, or impulsive behavior. On the other hand, trauma is a mental, emotional, or physical response to a shocking or distressing event or series of stressful events. Both have common symptoms, yet they tend to impact every person differently.

Theresa R. Cerulli, MD, provides advice for clinicians on how to increase understanding of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and encourage therapy adherence for both children and parents.

KEY POINTS: The unique demands of law school’s environment create the need for a skill set that poses a particular challenge to those with ADHD. Students with ADHD must understand their strengths and weaknesses, develop a plan, and seek out support. Regulating and prioritizing personal needs, making a plan, and forming a study group are…

Theresa R. Cerulli, MD…What’s still to come is that the adult data have been completed and submitted to the FDA. What we’ll see, hopefully by April 2022, is a response from the FDA, whether viloxazine gets approved for use in adults.

There is a system of support available for students with learning differences…Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder represents a special case when it comes to obtaining support and services at school. ADHD is not identified as one of the 13 federal disability categories that are guaranteed services, though there are ways that children with ADHD can receive…