As you collapse into bed after another exhausting day of managing your child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 24/7, you’re probably wondering how your family is going to survive an extended stay-at-home order. While it’s challenging enough for you to stay calm in the midst of all of the changes and unknowns of COVID-19, it’s extra…

Award-winning American actor Laurence Fishburne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne) is the host of the informative show “Behind The Scenes”. The TV program covers a wide array of topics of educating its viewing audience about issues impacting people across the globe. A new episode will feature adult ADHD and how to empower and support those affected by the condition.

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have defined a crucial window of time that mice need to key in on visual events…Understanding these early visual processing steps could have implications for conditions that affect perception and visual attention, like schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study was published online in the Journal…

ADHD in adults presents as an attentional type and an emotional type, according to results of a replication analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Researchers posited that this system provides a more clinically relevant approach to ADHD diagnosis among adults than does the DSM system.

Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have an elevated risk for suicidal behaviors…Zheng Chang and colleagues recently published the results of a large study addressing this question in the journal Biological Psychiatry…During months when individuals filled prescriptions for ADHD medications, there was a 31-39% lower risk of a suicide attempt compared with months without a filled…

Neurofeedback treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) demonstrate medium to large effect sizes and remission rates between 32% and 47%, according to a study published online in the journal Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. “[S]tandard neurofeedback protocols in the treatment of ADHD can be concluded to be a well-established treatment, or ‘efficacious and specific’ in line with…

The stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamines, are the mainstay of pharmacotherapy for persons with ADHD and have been used for over 30 years…Unfortunately, poor adherence to and premature termination of stimulants continue to undermine their benefits. Pappadopulos and colleagues5 reported that the adherence rates in children whose ADHD symptoms were treated with stimulants…

Researchers examined if and how personality traits are associated with adherence to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication, beliefs about the medication, and perceptions of ADHD…Findings suggest possible utility of personality assessments in the care and treatment of adolescents with ADHD.

You might not normally comment if your partner with ADHD doesn’t remember to wash hands, brush teeth or shower. But at the moment, some people are feeling pretty vulnerable due to their spouse’s poor hygiene. Here are two comments I’ve received in the past week:

Working to better manage your employees who have ADHD could require a reevaluation of your management practices. The following six management practices will not only offer your employees with ADHD the chance to perform better at work, but they will also help benefit the company overall.

Women with endometriosis have a high degree of psychiatric comorbidity, according to a nationwide cohort study published online in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology…Women with endometriosis…had increased risk for a later diagnosis of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, stress-related disorders, substance use disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), compared with women without the condition.

Children and adolescents with ADHD who discontinued medication experienced a small but statistically significant decrease in quality of life, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. However, adults with ADHD who discontinued medication did not experience this decrease.