Why people with ADHD can be successful in business

The symptoms of ADHD foster important traits associated with entrepreneurship. That conclusion was reached in a study conducted by an international team of economists, who found that entrepreneurs with ADHD embrace new experiences and demonstrate passion and persistence.

Read More

Reasons People With ADHD Don’t Seek Help

Many people with ADHD go a long, long time without being diagnosed. Sometimes they never get diagnosed. Commonly, this is because they simply don’t know the symptoms of ADHD and no one else recognizes that they have signs of ADHD either, so they live on in not-so-blissful ignorance…Other times, though, people do have an inkling…

Read More

Cost-Effectiveness of Atomoxetine for Treating Children with ADHD

The investigators of a study published in Current Medical Research and Opinion compared annual healthcare costs among children prescribed either atomoxetine or extended-release guanfacine, 2 non-stimulants that have been used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The findings suggested that patients who initiated atomoxetine monotherapy incurred lower all-cause healthcare costs in a single year by $3086, on…

Read More

Parental T1D Increases Risk of Child’s ADHD Diagnosis

Children whose parents have type 1 diabetes (T1D) face a 29% higher risk of being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), according to new research. The findings are the result of a new retrospective cohort study by Swedish researchers, who examined the records of more than 15,000 patients.

Read More

ADHD Medications May Reduce The Risk Of Sexually Transmitted Infection

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the risk of subsequent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescent and young adult populations by about three times, reports a study published in the January 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). The authors also found that short- and long-term use of ADHD…

Read More

Greater Prevalence of ADHD Found in Adults Seeking Mental Health Services

The prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) identified in an outpatient sample of 492 adults seeking mental health treatment was nearly 10 times higher than the prevalence identified in epidemiological studies, according to a poster presented at the recent 2018 Annual Meeting of The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders.

Read More

Surprise Stimulus Helps People Stop an Action

Summary: Unexpected sounds make people stop an action more often than when they hear no sounds at all. A new study offers an insight into how sensory cues would speed up the brain’s communication with the motor system.”

Read More

Legal Rights of Students with ADHD

Both parents and educators often struggle to figure out what exactly fits in an educational plan for a child with ADHD. What does the law say, and where does a school’s responsibility end? Where does a student or family’s? I had a chance recently to connect with Matthew Cohen, a national expert on ADHD law.

Read More

What I Can Do to Help My Child With ADHD and OCD

It is Monday morning. I am in tears…again. The house is silent, except for the sound of my sobs. There has been no death, no illness, no tragedy. Just a Monday morning getting my 10-year old son to school. Why can’t I do this? Why am I so horrible at simply getting my child to…

Read More