We all succumb to procrastination from time to time. But for people with ADHD, the tendency to put things off can become especially problematic…The trouble is, we tend to think about the act of procrastination as the problem when in actuality it is merely a side effect. The real issue is what we are telling…

The holy grail of ADHD diagnosis is to have a test that tells you objectively, with no margin of error: yes, this person has ADHD or no, they don’t. We don’t have that yet, but we do have neuropsychological tests, which tell you something about how a person’s brain works.

The Feingold diet is an elimination diet established by Dr. Benjamin Feingold in the 1970s. Over the years, the Feingold diet and variations of it have been touted to potentially help improve the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Concerta and Vyvanse are two stimulant medications that doctors can prescribe to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Vyvanse can also treat binge eating disorder.

A popular misconception is that all children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are naturally smarter and have a higher IQ than children without ADHD. However, there is no correlation between this condition and intelligence. In fact, according to one study, ADHD affects people in the same way across high, average, and low IQ score…

More than 90% of medical students with disabilities have conditions that aren’t obvious: learning disabilities, ADHD, psychological disabilities, and chronic health conditions. Here’s why we need to make curricula — and peers and instructors — much more welcoming to learners with hidden disabilities.

Adults with ADHD just don’t experience time as others do!. This results in some fair amount of conflict with others (at home, socially and on the job). Here are just a few examples of the kinds of run-ins around time I’ve heard about from my clients:

When Grace Friedman was diagnosed with ADHD at 12 years old, she didn’t know much about it….Today, Friedman is an ADHD advocate, speaker, and founder of ADDYTeen.com…Over the years, she’s acknowledged the unique ways that her brain works and identified tools and strategies that help her stay on track.

A new study carried out by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Odense University Hospital suggests there is a greater risk of children aged two to four developing ADHD if their mother is exposed to pesticides during pregnancy.

New research suggests that ADHD symptoms may lead to hypersexuality (now called Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder in ICD-11) among both genders and to problematic pornography use among men. The study appears in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

About 1 in 10 babies in the United States is born premature. These children are at an increased risk for adverse outcomes across a broad spectrum of neurodevelopmental domains, including language skills. They also are at an increased risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as well as other behavioral problems.

While some studies show that students greatly benefit from preschool and pre-K programs, others show that early schooling can have lasting negative impacts on students, including contributing to the rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.