The brains of autistic children show few differences from those of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or even of controls. The results come from two large studies with scans from nearly 450 children.

While the most common diagnosis for kids with attention and behavior issues is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, Burke Harris found that many of the kids who might normally receive this label had experienced high levels of adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, from extreme poverty and exposure to violence, to neglect or living with…

Yes, everyone procrastinates sometimes. But ADHD procrastination is different. It’s different, first, because it’s more extreme. For people with ADHD, procrastination is often something that occurs over and over, causing real problems at work, at school, at home, or in personal relationships. And even if the person recognizes that procrastination is causing these problems, they…

For those whose ADHD persists into adulthood, the imbalances of norepinephrine and dopamine continue, as well. However, the symptoms of ADHD tend to manifest themselves in adults in a way that is slightly different than how they manifest in children.

Psychotic episodes in young people with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder were significantly more common when they took amphetamine (Adderall) versus methylphenidate (Ritalin), an insurance claims analysis showed…”The events were rare, so people shouldn’t be too alarmed, but I think the take home for providers is that it’s important to screen for other risk factors for psychosis,”…

Behavioral conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) crop up in about one in three autistic people within 15 years of their autism diagnosis. About 20 percent of autistic people are diagnosed with anxiety in that time period. A study of nearly 6 million people reveals the onset and prevalence of nine such diagnoses…

Students with disabilities and disability rights advocates are among those angry — and feeling victimized — after the arrests in the college admissions and bribery scandal Tuesday. “Stories like this are why we continue to see backlash to disability rights laws,” Rebecca Cokley, director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress,…

For the third time in 10 minutes, the teacher says, “Read.” The child picks up the book and tries again, but before long she’s off-task: fidgeting, wandering, distracted. Is this due to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Or dyslexia? Or a dizzying combination of both?

Marijuana is sometimes used as a self-treatment by individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)…Read more about what research has discovered about the use of marijuana in individuals with ADHD.

Learning difficulties in schoolchildren are not always associated with visual problems, since they may be neurobiological or derived from other alterations such as dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This is the result of scientific work carried out by the University of Alicante Research Group…and a multidisciplinary team…from the Alto Aragón Polyclinicin Huesca.

As we struggle to understand conditions such as ADHD, genetics can provide a tempting answer. But looking for genetic triggers raises as many problems as it solves.

When it comes to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), genetics do make an impact. “ADHD is as heritable as height,” said Philip Shaw, Ph.D., a senior investigator at the Social and Behavioral Research Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). But, unlike some illnesses, which are determined by a single gene, ADHD is not easily…