At the 2020 Virtual Conference on Pediatric Health Care, Dawn Garzon Maaks, PhD, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, the immediate past president of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and the associate professor at the University of Portland in the School of Nursing, discussed important elements in the diagnosis and treatment of tics in children…

When building a playroom for a child with special needs, such as autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, developmental delays, or sensory processing disorder, each design choice should accommodate learning, therapy, comfort, and play. Often, a family raising a child with special needs also needs their home to act as a therapy center, as they have a…

When children or teenagers act out, are irritable or isolate themselves, experts say parents should not always assume it’s just a phase. Mental, behavioral and developmental disorders begin in early childhood, and one in six children ages 2 to 8 years old in the United States has been diagnosed with one of those disorders, the…

Andrew J. Cutler, MD, discusses nonstimulant options for ADHD management, including alpha-2 agonists, antidepressants, and modafinil.

ADHD experts provide guidance on selecting the best option among the many long-acting stimulant preparations available to treat ADHD.

ADHD experts discuss nonmedication treatments for adults and children with adhd, including cognitive behavioral therapies, family-based therapies, treatments for executive functioning impairments and exercise.

In this article, we focus on potential reasons why virtual encounters feel different, incomplete, or simply unsatisfying. We hypothesize that the “flavor” of a virtual encounter, just like a traditional one, is a conglomerate of physical/environmental factors, clinician-specific factors, patient factors, and the interactive process that includes both verbal and non-verbal elements. Drawing on psychoanalytic…

Children who have a range of developmental disabilities or who don’t meet growth milestones may have a 2.2-fold greater chance of being diagnosed with asthma compared with children without those disabilities or delays. That finding comes from a study published in June 2020 in JAMA Network Open that included thousands of children.

Alcohol misuse and insomnia were significantly correlated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in Frontiers in Psychology. Among adults without a clinical diagnosis of ADHD, heavy alcohol use predicted more severe ADHD symptoms.

The European Commission has granted a CE mark for the game called EndeavorRx, allowing the product to be marketed in Europe although it is not yet available. Akili’s focus in the near term is a US launch following FDA approval earlier this month, but said it is “exploring expansion opportunities” in Europe.

In previous posts, we explored how kids show far fewer symptoms of ADHD (loss of focus, fidgeting, and disorganization) while engaged in screen-based technologies. But can playing video games improve ADHD?

For decades, neuropsychologists have used the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children test as the gold-standard intelligence quotient (IQ) test to determine the intellectual abilities of children with special needs. However, this comprehensive test can take up to 2 hours to complete, and many children with special needs have a difficult time participating in such long…