A videogame under development as a medical device boosts attention in some children with sensory processing dysfunction, or SPD, a condition that can make the sound of a vacuum, or contact with a clothing tag intolerable for young sufferers. In a study publishing April 5, 2017, in PLOS ONE, researchers at UC San Francisco measured…

Children aged 4 to 17 years who have a primary diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) collectively made 6.1 million visits to physicians’ offices in 2012-2013, new research shows. “Health care utilization related to ADHD is of interest because the prevalence of parent-reported ADHD diagnosis among US children and adolescents has increased in recent years,” Michael…

You forget appointments. It’s impossible for you to get organized. You start a project—then another and another—without any one of them getting done. You can’t remember what you’ve just read, because your mind is wandering. We all have our “moments.” We might write them off to multitasking, age, anxiety or mood disorders. But if these…

The clinical presentation and functional impacts of ADHD in adults vary greatly from their child and adolescent counterparts…Major challenges include a lack of validated diagnostic criteria; psychiatric comorbidity and symptom overlap; compensatory mechanisms; evidence of significant clinical impact; underdiagnosis vs overdiagnosis; and prescription drug abuse and drug-seeking behavior.”

Instead of eating, your child races around the dinner table. Moments earlier, the youngster abruptly stops playing with a favorite toy in favor of watching the birds gather around the backyard feeder. While these behaviors may seem normal for an active, curious child, could it possibly suggest he or she has the neurodevelopmental disorder ADHD?

Maybe you’re an entrepreneur. Maybe you’re a real estate agent or writer…Whatever your profession, you aren’t tied to a desk and you don’t have specific work hours — like 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And you also have ADHD, which makes not having a built-in structure challenging…Below are five tips to help you create a…

Many women feel a huge sense of relief when they find out they have ADHD. They feel happy that it is “just” ADHD, because prior to being diagnosed they were blaming themselves for their struggles. Many women with undiagnosed ADHD feel inadequate and stupid. Having ADHD isn’t a reflection of your intelligence. In fact, lots…

Persistent optimism is a quality that many with ADHD develop, because it helps them get through, and recover from, the many setbacks they experience when ADHD symptoms get in their way. Insomuch as it helps one dust off the scratches and keep going in life, it’s a real benefit…But optimism has its dark side, as…

A new study of atomoxetine, a drug used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was associated with improved reading skills among children 10-16 years of age with either dyslexia alone or with ADHD and dyslexia, compared to placebo…The article is available free on the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology website.

If you feel like your constant lateness and total disorganization is getting in the way of your life, it may come as a relief to know that these “bad habits” may be signs of adult ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). While it’s likely you struggled with it more as a kid, the symptoms of ADHD…

ADHD, Oppositional and Autistic children especially have a difficult time regulating their emotions and emotional responses (behaviors). In my experience, the following skills have been extremely beneficial and effective in helping a child reduce their dysregulation.

At the Medical School, problems with mental health are not unusual. In a March 2016 survey conducted by Medical School student J. Bradley Segal, 20 percent of third-year respondents said they had experienced either suicidal or self-harming desires within the last two weeks.