New Deterrent Stimulants for ADHD

Timothy Wilens, MD, talks about the presentation of the APSARD 2021 conference on ADAIR Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamic Data. More on the presentation can be found here. Dr Wilens is chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is co-director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. (video)

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Pandemic has ADHD concerns up among parents

The pandemic is leading to more parents looking for help with what they believe are signs of ADHD in their kids. Calls to the help line for the Children and Adults with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) have increased 62% since the start of the pandemic. More than half of those calls are from parents looking…

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Lockdowns Are Leaving Kids With ADHD in Crisis

When clinical psychologist Maggie Sibley thinks about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, she worries most about the older teens who may drop out of high school and those kids who may be experiencing depression…In a study published online Feb. 14 in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, Sibley…

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Asymmetry in cortical and subcortical structures of the brain in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Researchers assessed abnormalities in cortical and subcortical asymmetry in children and adolescents of different ADHD subtypes using data from the Peking University site in the “attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-200 sample” dataset, which included 31 eligible ADHD (20 inattentive ADHD [ADHD-I], 11 combined ADHD [ADHD-C]), and 31 matched typically developing (TD) individuals.

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Dr. Rakesh Jain on Nonstimulant Treatment Options for Pediatric ADHD

In this video, Psych Congress Steering Committee member Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, discusses an article he cowrote on nonstimulant treatment options for pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The paper, which summarizes both currently available treatments and those under development, was recently published in CNS Spectrums. (video + transcript)

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People with ADHD and DBDs share genetic variants associated with risky behaviors

People with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs) share about the 80% of genetic variants associated with aggressive and antisocial behaviours. This is one of the conclusions of a study published in the journal Nature Communications which counts on the participation of professor Bru Cormand, from the Faculty of Biology…

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Maternal Depression and Anxiety Linked to Offspring ADHD

Maternal psychiatric conditions could forecast the likelihood the offspring will develop attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in late adolescence, according to new research. A team, led by Getinet Ayano, MSc, School of Public Health, Curtin University, explored the association between maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms and the risk of ADHD symptoms in late adolescence.

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Examining the Relationship Between Religiosity and ADHD

Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood correlated with less involvement with religious activities and prayer, investigators found in a longitudinal study involving more than 8000 people. Here, lead author Rachel Dew, MD, MHSc, of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, explains the findings, including some surprising analyses, and how they could be applied in the…

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Diverse therapists provide understanding, accurate mental-health diagnoses for people of color–and more are needed: Coping Through COVID

When licensed professional counselor Tamara Ferebee meets with her Black female clients, they talk Black girl to Black girl. There’s no need to explain why a Black person might feel anxious while driving, or how microaggressions in the workplace cause low self-esteem…Here are organizations that offer directories of therapists who are people of color or…

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