Children born at the end of the year are more likely to receive ADHD medication or an ADHD diagnosis than children born early in the year. This is according to a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The researchers have examined ADHD diagnoses and ADHD medication use among 510,000 Norwegian children aged…

Reading is one of the most crucial activities for children, promoting language development, building knowledge, and setting up academic success – but getting children with ADHD to read can be tough. ADHD makes reading more difficult, since reading relies on attention and executive function…Summer is a great opportunity to encourage reading and create new habits…Here’s…

Unsure whether your child needs meds for ADHD? This checklist will help you make an informed decision. Here’s what you need to know.”

Dr. Sanford Newmark, head of the Pediatric Integrative Neurodevelopmental Program and Medical Director at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California–San Francisco, says that a “sensible diet is important for all children, but especially those with ADHD.”

“Stressed mothers-to-be face an increased risk of giving birth to a child who will develop ADHD or heart disease later in life,” the Mail Online reports. However, the new study it is reporting on did not look at long-term outcomes in children, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), only at stress hormone levels during…

Most of the pediatric hoarding literature focuses on hoarding accompanied by obsessive-compulsive disorder. But, “I want to highlight that [attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder] is across the board something that seems to come up in child hoarding behaviors quite a bit, mirroring the adult literature, which is that hoarding behavior may be much more strongly associated with ADHD…

It’s difficult for doctors to diagnose adult ADHD, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder…So, Dr. Jon Hallberg, MPR News’ regular medical analyst, has a policy for adults who come into his clinic and think they have ADHD. First, his clinic refers them to a psychologist to undergo comprehensive testing. Then they can talk treatment if necessary…To hear…

Safeway Driving is the only privately operated driving school in Houston to offer a program specifically for people with special needs, according to Rick Nussle, owner of the school’s Katy location in Cinco Ranch…Safeway uses a program through Social Motion Skills, a consultant for businesses that deal with autism. The program offers students with special…

In some ways, it’s a “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” question that parents may wonder about. The answer, according to Dr. Daniel Coury, professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University and a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is that “it’s a bit of both.”

Asthma medications comprise several drug classes, including leukotriene antagonists and steroid-based inhalers. These drugs have been implicated in behavioral changes, such as increased hyperactivity, similar to symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)1; this scenario is more of a concern in children than adults. This raises the question of whether these medications…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surveys have shown that boys are more likely than girls to ever be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – 13.2 percent to 5.6 percent, respectively…The reason for this, [Dr. Jeffrey Newcorn] explains, boils down to differences in the way ADHD symptoms – inattention, hyperactivity or…

Clearing out clutter is tough for most people. It can be especially tough when you have ADHD…Many conventional organizing tips aren’t helpful for adults with ADHD (e.g., it’s better for you to start with something pleasant or relatively easy). Below, Mincu, founder of the coaching practice Thrive with ADD, shared excellent, creative clutter-busting suggestions specifically…