Some parents may be reluctant to give their kids powerful stimulants to treat the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, but a new review shows the medications bring significant benefits. In addition to helping kids calm down and concentrate in school, the review also found that the drugs help children avoid a lot of long-term…

Treatment for ADHD typically includes a combination of behavior therapy and stimulant medications. However, doctors sometimes also prescribe nonstimulant medications, such as guanfacine.

Many women and girls also have ADHD, but experts note they often struggle to receive diagnoses because ADHD tends to show up in different ways in women. Regardless of sex, though, ADHD in adults can create issues with focus, organization, attention, impulse control, and following through on plans.

With most people never far from their cellphones, new research on college students finds that “problematic” use is tied to a variety of mental health problems, as well as lower grades and more sexual partners. The study, which surveyed more than 3,400 students in the United States, also found that alcohol misuse was markedly higher…

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.