Teenagers’ use of social media is skyrocketing. But educators should keep in mind that it’s not all bad news. That is the assessment of a new national survey of 13- to 17-year-olds by the nonprofit Common Sense Media and backed up by other experts, who caution educators not to take too simplistic a view of…

In my last post, I talked about how one of of the defining characteristics of ADHD is that symptoms show up in multiple environments – school, work, home, social settings and so on. Yet school is often the first place that ADHD symptoms make themselves known. If ADHD symptoms show up in all aspects of…

Head injuries resulting in concussions can be traumatic and dangerous for any person, but a recent study shows that they have a prolonged effect on children under the age of 13. Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine have found evidence that concussion symptoms last three times longer in these…

The American Academy of Family Physicians suggests how to help a child with ADHD.

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects 1 in 20 children, and an estimated 1-million South African adults, yet it is a condition often misdiagnosed, and plagued by myths and misunderstandings, particularly with regard to treatment. When undiagnosed or not effectively treated, ADHD often sees children being unfairly labelled as naughty, delinquent, unteachable, and adults as lazy,…

The Robert Koch Institute has published new data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) on allergies, mental health problems and accident injuries… Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychological disorders.

Adults diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as adults who were prescribed psychostimulant medications for ADHD, have higher incidences of early-onset Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s-like diseases. That’s according to a study published this week in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

“Parkinson’s disease is commonly thought of as a neurodegenerative disease associated with aging,” said Glen Hanson, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology and School of Dentistry at U of U Health and senior author on the paper. “This may be the first time where a childhood disease and its treatment may be linked to…

Many college students in the United States abuse prescription ADHD medications with the belief that they can improve focus and cognition to achieve academic success. The results of recent research, however, suggest that these medications — specifically Adderall — either have a negative or nonexistent effect on performance in a number of brain processes.

When both safety and efficacy are taken into account, the preferred first-choice medication for treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should most often be amphetamines for adults and methylphenidate for children and adolescents, according to research published in Lancet Psychiatry.

For many, the first ADHD treatment that comes to mind is medication…But ADHD meds by themselves aren’t a complete ADHD treatment program. Whether you’re currently on an ADHD medication that works for you or not, you’re missing out if you haven’t considered psychotherapy as part of your ADHD treatment. By the same token, if you…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved TMS in 2007 for patients with depression who didn’t respond to medication. But for ADHD, “there isn’t any evidence to my knowledge showing that it’s clinically effective,” says Joel Voss, an associate professor of neurology at Northwestern University. Treatments for ADHD outside clinical trials “would be unethical,” he…