Parents are planning for summer holidays, too, but for those of children with ADHD, that often means deciding whether to take a “drug holiday,” where they discontinue their children’s stimulant medication for part or all of the school break. If kids experience side effects from the medication – and not all children do – parents…

In an investigation seeking to determine any prospective associations between early lead exposure and ADHD, a research team consisting of Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD, the director of the Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health,…

The placenta plays a critical role in the risk of developing schizophrenia and may also influence attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other neurodevelopmental conditions, a new study suggests…the research found that schizophrenia genes become more active in a complicated pregnancy when the fetus is male. ADHD, autism, and other behavioral conditions also appear to…

And author Dav Pilkey’s latest series “Dog Man” is following close behind its underwear-clad predecessor, with more than 10 million copies of the books currently in print…Growing up in Ohio, Pilkey was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. The author says his teachers would send him into the hallway as a punishment for talking and being…

The brains of ADHD patients are differently wired compared to those without ADHD. The levels of noradrenaline and dopamine neurotransmitters are usually altered in individuals with ADHD. Patients are also reported to have relatively smaller frontal brains. Also, other anatomical features of the brains of ADHD patients are such that the perfusion of blood to…

Researchers examined results from 54 studies of non-pharmaceutical ADHD treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy, parent training, special diets, and supplements like omega-3 fatty acids. Overall, these studies were too small, brief or varied in how they measured results for researchers to draw firm conclusions about which approaches might actually work for kids with ADHD.

No one wants their child to take medication they don’t need, especially if there’s a risk of side effects. But no research suggests the notion that psychiatric medications are overprescribed. In fact, according to a new study published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, if there is an epidemic, it’s an epidemic of…

Teachers who say that have students with “behavior regulation challenges” are always on the lookout for programs they can use to support their students, and a new survey finds that teachers learn about those programs through their own research about a third of the time.

A serious adverse event appeared to occur in approximately 1 in 100 children taking the stimulant methylphenidate, resulting in discontinuation of the treatment, according to the findings of a study published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

A Montana State University neuroscientist who studies vision and visual attention has published research that reveals how the brain maintains attention on an object even while the eyes are making many rapid, voluntary movements. This research seeks to answer fundamental questions that could eventually lead to new treatments or therapies for some brain disorders.

Prescription medication use in children and adolescents decreased from 1999 to 2014, according to a study published in JAMA.

Amy first noticed that her son’s behavior was atypical when he was in pre-K. “He was melting down emotionally, hyperactive, bouncing from one thing to the next and just struggled with focus,” she said. She started to investigate holistic interventions for attention deficit hyperactive disorder, or ADHD.