A new program at the University of Maryland is offering group and individual treatment for students with ADHD to help them succeed in college. SUCCEEDS, or Students Understanding College Choices: Encouraging Executing Decisions for Success, was founded this semester by two psychology professors at this university — Andrea Chronis-Tuscano and Michael Meinzer.

ADHD undermines an individual’s self-management abilities, including self-advocacy and planning. This means that students with ADHD are behind in the very skills needed to grapple with their own ADHD. Because of that reality, students who have ADHD typically require adult-initiated support at any age, until they demonstrate to us they are capable on their own.

Teens with ADHD might need extra behind-the-wheel training, a longer supervised driving period and medication adjustments. The AAP encourages parents to talk with their pediatrician about these matters before the teen gets his or her license. Other things to ask about are:

Using neuroimaging techniques, The Children’s Attention Project, run at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), found that certain patterns across the whole brain appear to be linked to ADHD symptoms, development and cognition.

London researchers are set to start a three year study aiming to identify babies at higher than average risk of autism spectrum conditions (ASC) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)…The team will use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners and a state-of-the-art method called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) which can measure the levels of chemicals in…

More than 1.8 million children in the U.S. suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) before age 17, according to national survey data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…Children with a history of TBI were more likely to have a variety of other health conditions compared with their peers without TBI, including learning…

The risk for suicidality is high among children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and may be mediated by family functioning, according to study data published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Researchers extracted data on mode of delivery and antibiotic use during the first 2 years of life from nationwide data registers for all single live births in Denmark between 1997 and 2010. Outcome measures included clinical ADHD diagnosis or use of an ADHD medication prescription.

About 6.4 per cent of children and adolescents are affected by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong, according to Department of Health figures. There has been a 36-fold increase in the use of medication for attention deficit disorder in Hong Kong over 15 years, indicating the condition has become a major issue in the…

The prevalence of ADHD medication use has increased over time among adults and children between 2001 and 2015, according study data involving more than 154 million people from 14 countries published in The Lancet Psychiatry. The findings also showed that despite this increase, prescription rates vary by region and remain below diagnosis rates in many…

There are more than 10,000 chemicals allowed to be added to our food. Some of them are harmless; some we don’t know the effects of, and others have been studied and show they can cause serious health risks to children and adults. A report published in the journal Pediatrics looks into the effects of additives…

As video games grow in popularity, more parents are raising concerns about their impact on kids’ attention spans. Here’s what the latest research shows.