Fluctuations in estrogen levels can quietly undermine treatment, but many patients (and doctors) aren’t aware.

Anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental health problem. But it isn’t always easy to get professional help, with long waiting lists in many countries.

Key points: Discipline should be guided by empathy, not replaced by it. Adjust your expectations. Don’t eliminate them. A consistent structure is a powerful expression of love.

A sweeping new review reveals that not all screen time is equal; content, context, and gaming matter most for children’s emotional well-being.

Psychology Professor Amy Stamates aims to understand how alcohol use, cravings change in people with and without ADHD

An international team of researchers led by King’s College London has identified genetic factors that may make some individuals more or less sensitive to the environments they experience. Published in Nature Human Behaviour, the study examined how individuals’ varying sensitivity to environmental factors can influence levels of ADHD symptoms, autistic traits, anxiety and depression symptoms,…

Key Takeaways: Telehealth patients were not more likely to develop substance use disorder; Researchers found that a small number of people who received initial stimulant prescription via telehealth developed stimulant disorder and emphasize the importance of follow-up care

Conditions like A.D.H.D. and autism can make starting and completing tasks feel impossible, but experts say there are workarounds.

Busy Philipps and Ann Childress, MD, explore the unique challenges women face in ADHD diagnosis, highlighting personal stories and the importance of treatment.

[Excerpt] Bill S795 by Sen. Alana DiMario, a Narragansett Democrat, passed 36-0 and now joins the amended version of bill H5866 by Portsmouth Democratic Rep. Michelle McGaw, which passed the House 70-0 on April 22. Now each bill awaits a committee hearing in the opposite chamber. Both bills would allow for non-opioid Schedule II stimulants…

Consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen is sounding the alarm about potential risks for birth defects associated with modafinil (Provigil) and armodafinil (Nuvigil), two stimulants commonly prescribed during pregnancy. The group argued that animal toxicity studies and post-marketing observational studies have turned up sufficient evidence to justify additional precautions for pregnant patients.

Summary: New research identifies a promising strategy for correcting dopamine imbalances in the brain using a drug that blocks kappa opioid receptors (KOR). In mouse models with a rare mutation that causes dopamine to leak abnormally, KOR blockers reduced this leakage and restored normal behavior. This approach could offer safer treatment alternatives for conditions like…