Yashar Ali, a freelance journalist who has contributed to HuffPo and New York magazine, took it upon himself to combat some of that stigma singlehandedly. Ali is an adult who lives with ADHD, and in a must-read Twitter thread, he explained some of the most common misconceptions about the illness, and how it affects his…

Before she began getting professional help, Leah (who did not want her real name used) turned to vaping as a way to alleviate her feelings of crippling anxiety. “It’s hard to stop vaping,” she said. “It’s just knowing you could use it” that serves as a comfort.

There are a lot of ways ADHD can cost you money. It can derail your career, or it wreak havoc on your personal finance management. But the most direct way it can come for your pocket book is through medical expenses. How much you have to pay for the privilege of having a mental health…

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inappropriate levels of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity and occurs in children, adolescents, and adults. Scroll through the slides for the Psychiatric Times collection of evidence-based information to guide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan.

Saffron capsules appear to be as effective as methylphenidate for treating children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers from Iran report. “My research group at Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital has worked on the psychotropic effects of saffron since early 2000, and we have documented the antidepressant effects of saffron,” Dr. Shahin Akhondzadeh from Tehran University of Medical…

Some variations in the gene LPHN3 -associated with the attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in kids and adults- could favour likelihood to smoke, consume alcohol, cannabis and other addictive substances, according to an article published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, from the Nature Publishing Group.

Women who smoke during pregnancy may be increasing their child’s risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new study conducted by the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland.

Help your student with their executive functioning skills with these ADHD friendly tools to get things started and finished. I want to share some helpful external tools that I use with my students.

After recently warning of the dangers of the overuse of medication to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a group of Quebec pediatricians is now proposing a different prescription — less time on smartphones and playing video games.

Many teenagers do not want to run the risk of being caught with or buying methamphetamines. Therefore, teenagers have found a way around the risk, medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)…During finals, I hear many teenagers talk about taking Concerta or other ADHD drugs so they have the energy to study.

Does “sleeping on it” help us make better decisions? Are sleep disorders just a natural part of aging? How important are naps, anyhow? Rebecca Spencer, Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and director of the UMass Amherst Sleep Monitoring Lab is finding answers to these questions.

A mammoth new study using data from 1.2 million people has been published in the journal Nature Genetics. It has been compiled by different research groups around the world…”The study group that was genetically predisposed to smoking was also genetically predisposed to a number of health problems, including obesity, diabetes, ADHD and various mental illnesses,…