Bringing researchers in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is crucial in the pursuit of new treatments and updated standards of care. Unlike other psychiatry conferences where ADHD makes up only a portion of the agenda, during the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) 2021 Annual Conference ADHD is the main focus.

Difficulties with sitting still, paying attention or controlling impulsive behavior are some of the initial signs or symptoms of ADHD in children. The signs are often stereotyped as typical of behavior of young boys. It’s reported that boys are three times more likely to be diagnosed than girls. Between not being included in ADHD research…

In this podcast, Esme Fuller-Thomson, PhD, of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discusses her recent research which showed significantly higher rates of suicide attempt and ideation among people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), particularly women, and her other work illustrating the mental health problems that co-occur with ADHD. (podcast + transcript)  

Greg Mattingly, MD, said at the opening plenary session of the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) 2021 Virtual Conference. “Across the board, what you’ve seen is our children that are struggling have had a widened gap of disparity…Children from disproportionately economically disadvantaged homes, minority backgrounds, the kids that were poor learners…

Researchers in the Netherlands recently examined which techniques are most effective, and presented their findings in a poster at the recent American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) 2021 Virtual Conference. Lead author Tycho Dekkers, PhD, explains the research and its findings in this video. (video + transcript)

Kids whose mothers had an autoimmune disease were more likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to results of a cohort study and meta-analysis. Mothers with an autoimmune disease were 30% more likely to have a child with ADHD (hazard ratio 1.30, 95% CI 1.15-1.46), reported Timothy Nielsen, MPH, of the University of Sydney in…

A new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has identified how specific communication among different brain regions, known as brain connectivity, can serve as a biomarker for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)…The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, have implications for not only detecting ADHD, a common but diagnostically slippery disorder…

In new data presented at The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) 2021 Annual Conference this weekend, a team of US-based investigators report an evolved understanding of developmental-based alcohol problem risks among young patients with ADHD—one which may better inform preventive intervention that would limit alcoholism and other substance abuse into such…

The Child Behavior Checklist may provide invaluable information to clinicians regarding the type and severity of comorbid psychopathologies…A team led by Joseph Biederman, MD, Chief, Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, evaluated whether or not the CBCL would be useful in characterizing such comorbid psychopathy.

Secondhand exposure to smoke may have more of an impact on a child’s hyperactivity than prenatal exposure, according to findings presented at the 2021 American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) Annual Virtual Meeting. The study, led by Julia Schecter, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, performed various measures to explore the relationship…

In an interview with HCPLive®, Elizabeth Ahmann, Research Director of the Springer Institute and Micah Saviet, Director of the Springer Institute, explained how the results of the focus group show what the role of ADHD might be moving forward. (video)

In an interview with HCPLive®, David W. Goodman, MD, FAPA, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, explained how ADHD patients may have struggled greatly in the last 10 months and how that struggle could have both short- and long-term issues. (video)