In heterosexual couples, it matters which partner has ADHD. According to new research that I have recently published, when the woman has ADHD, the two romantic partners are a little bit happier than when it is the man who has ADHD. More notably, they have sex 25% more often–73 vs 59 times per year. That…

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication is associated with a reduction in unintentional injuries in children and adolescents of both sexes, according to research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry…Researchers used deidentified inpatient, outpatient, and filled prescription claims data from the Truven Health MarketScan Research Databases.

More than half of Americans (52%) say they personally know someone who has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a recent survey from the Merck Manuals…seven in 10 Americans overall (70%) somewhat or strongly agree that ADHD is over-diagnosed in today’s culture. Moreover, 30% of Americans believe that prescription medication is the only…

Better training for teachers to understand ADHD and how to deal with it in the classroom is more important than targeted funding to support the student at school, ADHD experts say. Parents overwhelmingly believe teachers and key staff need professional development and training to better support children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to…

New research presented by the European Society of Cardiology suggests that we have been going about addressing childhood obesity all wrong. Instead of focusing on nutritional knowledge, we should be teaching children self-regulation and emotion management skills…parents frequently ask about how to help ADHD children remain committed to goals like healthy eating when their neurology…

There are different phases of learning to cope with ADHD, and one of the phases that many of us pass through is the phase of wishing we were like people who didn’t have ADHD…Part of learning to cope more effectively is learning how to replace the wrong questions with the right ones.

I recently got a call from a mother who was looking to hire an ADHD coach for her teen daughter. She told me that a friend of hers suggested she find an ADHD coach to which she responded, “An ADHD coach? What the heck is that? Is there such a thing? What do they do?…

When a patient is newly diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is it better to begin treatment with a stimulant or a nonstimulant? Anthony L. Rostain, MD, MA, shares his thoughts in this video.

Expert advice on how to make sure all those new back-to-school jackets, water bottles and backpacks make it back from school…“It is important for educators and parents to understand that the areas of the brain related to executive functioning do not mature until a person is in their mid-20s,” said Dr. Mark Bertin, a developmental…

The combined results of 61 studies conducted in 19 countries suggest that when a woman gives birth by cesarean section, autism in the child is 33% more likely and the odds of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increase by 17%. The statistical analysis, published in JAMA Network Open, does not prove that having a C-section directly causes…

Researchers have found that as premature babies grow, their mental health may be related less to the medical challenges they face after birth than to the environment the babies enter once they leave the neonatal intensive care unit.

Pina, a 29-year-old artist from Germany has been living with ADHD for a while now. “I’m a freelance illustrator and visual development artist for Animation but in true ADHD manner, I have studied graphic design, of which I dropped out, and game design, in which I graduated.” Pina is currently juggling quite a few artistic…