By this midpoint of summer vacation, parents of ADHD children are praying hard for their child’s classroom teacher…Teachers, for their part, hope that the ADHD’s parents will now better understand their jobs and how difficult it is to motivate a child with ADHD….Humor aside, parents and teachers find it difficult to motivate the child with…

Students with ADHD often have average or even high IQ. Yet they struggle with learning. I was quite puzzled by this for some time because usually high IQ scores are associated with good grades…How is it that students with ADHD and gifted students share similar IQ and behavior profiles, yet they have very different learning…

Omega-3 is hailed as one of the super nutrients, boosting the functioning of many processes in the body but how much of an affect can these fatty acids have on improving a child’s behaviour? A new, first-of-its-kind study by the University of Pennsylvania aimed to investigate just that.

A coalition of the nation’s experts in the domains of epidemiology, toxicology, exposure science, and a variety of specialists in medicine have published their concerns about a set of six categories of chemicals (lead, mercury, air pollutants, flame retardants, PCBs, and organo-phosphate insecticides) that play a role in causing harm to the developing brain, and…

More than half of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) find their symptoms change depending on their environment, new findings show. “Many noticed that while certain environments amplified difficulties, others seemed to make them disappear,” wrote Arielle K. Lasky, of the University of California at Los Angeles, and her colleagues in the journal Social…

This study evaluated published literature from 1970 onward to identify studies that documented the time children spend on both academic and leisure activities. They began by looking at the time children spent studying per week, dividing children into age groups of 3-5 years old, 6-8 years old, and 9-12 years old, as well as all…

Atomoxetine may be an effective and safe nonstimulant alternative drug for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research hints. “Atomoxetine demonstrates comparable safety and tolerability to stimulant medications and should be considered a valid treatment alternative for those who do not tolerate or respond to stimulants,” said lead author Dr. M.M. Naveen, child…

Genetic research suggests that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety disorders may share similar genetic makeup. Approximately 30 percent of those diagnosed with ADHD have also been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and that number may be as high as 50 percent in adults.”

Nurse practitioners who have the authority to prescribe controlled substances in the form of mental health drugs have prescribing patterns similar to physicians, new research shows…Dr Klein and her colleagues assessed the prescribing patterns of generalists (family, pediatrics) and specialists (psychiatry) who treated Medicaid patients in Oregon with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in 2012.

Many parents of ADHD children may still opt for physician’s prescription, combined with traditional psychotherapy (such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). However, child psychologists today are widely recommending music therapy which complements psychotherapy or as a part of a multi-modal ADHD treatment. Music influences mood and reduces restlessness and impulsiveness. Music also soothes anxiety and stress…

Many children and teenagers are diagnosed with ADHD. Parents are familiar with the list of symptoms and often get professionals to help their child modify their disorganization, distractability, and hyperactivity. But rarely are the parents given guidance on how to handle their own feelings about their child’s problems and actions, and many parent-child arguments and…

Tamara Vanderwal, M.D., associate research scientist at the Yale Child Study Center, was recently awarded a two-year grant through the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation to use movies to investigate brain network dynamics in ADHD. “Exploring movies started as a way to increase compliance during brain scanning,” Vanderwal explained. There are only a handful of fMRI…