A new report published earlier this month in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry suggests that research in biological psychiatry is often misrepresented to the public, leading to popular misconceptions about the nature of mental illness.

As many parents await the return to in-person learning for Loudoun County Public Schools, families with students with ADHD and other executive function disorders are wrestling with the complications and frustrations that come with virtual learning. That medication alone is rarely the solution; that a primary care provider (PCP) must act as a champion against…

A new report by the CDC finds children ages 5 to 11 are experiencing a 24% increase in mental health-related emergency department visits, and a South Carolina pediatrician says she’s seeing a similar trend. Researchers with the Center for Disease Control compared emergency department visits from April to October 2020 to the same time in…

In this video, Psych Congress 2020 cochair Vladimir Maletic, MD, MS, discusses whether lifestyle interventions can help reduce the risk of children developing attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Dr. Maletic is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, and spoke at the Psych Congress 2020 psychopharmacology preconference on “ADHD Across the…

Much of what we have known about autism and ADHD is based on males, but as neuropsychologist Dr Hannah Korrel explains these disorders can manifest in different ways depending on your gender.

The challenges of the diagnosis make it unclear whether the condition is outgrown or simply becomes better managed, experts say…There is no simple answer, said Thomas Power, director of the center for management of A.D.H.D. at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the senior author of the study. He was one of eight experts I consulted,…

Few differences were observed between individual pharmacotherapies for the treatment of adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to the findings of a recently published systematic review and network meta-analysis.

In her presentation on psychopharmacology for primary care providers at the virtual 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, Rebecca Baum, MD, pediatrician at Mission Children’s Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, reminded practitioners of 3 guiding principles:

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is making plans for a major expansion of its monitoring of prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, with the goal of identifying virtually every prescriber, pharmacy and patient in the country that shows signs of drug diversion or abusing their medication.

In an interview with HCPLive®, Andrew J. Cutler, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, explained the disappointment in the inability to leverage some of the emerging technologies being utilized in other spaces to detect ADHD early in patients.

Screening for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not changed much over the years…While there are tools to help the psychiatry screen patients for the disorder, a high degree of suspicion remains the most important aspect of screening for ADHD.

There are a number of new treatments and therapies coming on board for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). During the annual Neuroscience Education Institute Max! Virtual meeting, David Goodman, MD, FAPA, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will present 5 different times about ADHD and some new insights into…