Engaging students with attention issues and ADHD—rather than just managing their behavior—should be a goal for every teacher. Teachers worry, though, that they will have to create a separate curriculum or otherwise alter how they teach. Not so, said Ezra Werb, M.Ed., an educational therapist and author, in his edWebinar “Engagement Strategies for Students with…

ADHD is one of those pesky conditions that often gets brushed off as “life stuff” — especially for women. Women are more likely than men to have undiagnosed ADHD, and those who do receive a diagnosis typically get it later in life. ADHD symptoms also manifest differently in women.

In late September, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidelines for doctors caring for children with ADHD. The rewrite isn’t a sweeping overhaul but a strong recommendation for more screening of mental illness and closer monitoring. Here are five things to know about the updated guidelines:

In fact, preliminary results from the Mindfulness-Based ADHD Treatment for Children (MBAT-C) pilot study are so encouraging that the National Institutes of Health has funded the next phase of the investigation ― a three-arm, randomized controlled trial comparing the mindfulness-based intervention with a medication-only intervention and a combined mindfulness-medication intervention…The findings were published online in…

Healthy relationships and good sex are the result of emotionally present, confident partners. But confidence can diminish after years of dealing with the stigma and other difficulties of ADHD.

“Unfortunately, the brain problems and challenges may be things that we see later on down the road,” says Nii Addy, associate professor of psychiatry and cellular and molecular physiology at Yale School of Medicine. Potential problems include attention disorders like ADHD, impulse control issues and susceptibility to substance abuse.

Having been diagnosed with ADHD at 38, Howard Timberlake went on a personal quest to discover whether any of us has a “typical” mind…The diagnosis has given me a better understanding and respect for the condition’s positive aspects, its limitations, and the coping strategies I’ve inadvertently created over the years to appear “normal”.

Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s largest obstacle race and endurance brand. He is also the New York Times best-selling author of “Spartan Up” and “Spartan Fit,” and recently released his third book, “The Spartan Way.” As someone with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), De Sena has found it to be…

What will childhood ADHD symptoms mean forty years later? There aren’t a lot of studies that give us data on that question. For obvious reasons, doing a study that spans four decades is difficult. Still, that’s exactly what researchers in Finland did as part of a study that tracked hundreds of people from birth into…

It’s a condition that affects an estimated 3-4% of adults, but as many as 90% of people with ADHD go undiagnosed. That adds up to a lot of individuals – and couples – wondering… is this how it is for everyone else? As a woman with a ‘typical’ brain, 30-year-old Kari Biondi* reflects on the…

Three weeks delayed-release and extended-release methylphenidate (Jornay PM) treatment resulted in a significant improvement in ADHD symptoms versus placebo (least squares mean 54-point ADHD-Rating Scale-IV 24.1 vs 31.2, P=0.002), reported Steven Pliszka, MD, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and colleagues.

Tim Wilens, MD, chief of the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, spoke about the “exciting area” of recent findings on ADHD across patient lifespan in a video interview.