Approximately 11% of US children receive a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the prevalence of the condition has been increasing in recent decades. Although professional organization guidelines[1] exist and outline specific criteria that should be met to make the diagnosis of ADHD, the extent to which diagnostic criteria are followed and who diagnoses ADHD…

Impulsivity underlies some types of ADHD, as well as substance abuse. In addition to the direct challenges associated with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there is ample evidence linking it with elevated rates of substance abuse, and several recent studies add to the growing body of research on the topic – See more at: http://www.chadd.org/Understanding-ADHD/About-ADHD/ADHD-in-the-News/2015-Archive/ADHD-in-the-News-11-17-15.aspx#sthash.oHmA2V1m.dpuf

When brain scientists at Oxford University studied apathy, they didn’t expect to see less motivated people making more effort. Their results suggest that for some people traditionally perceived as lazy, it’s biology – not attitude – that might be the cause

Parents wondering whether to wait a year to send their kids to kindergarten, take note: A new study from Stanford University shows that Danish kids who postponed kindergarten for up to one year showed dramatically higher levels of self-control

Recent studies have revealed that at least one in eight–and as many as one in five–mothers develop symptoms of mental disorder in the year after giving birth. This can mean the sort of postpartum depression we tend to think about when we think about disordered moms, but it can also mean other things: anxiety, bipolar…

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is growing up…””ADHD was never just for kids, and today many adults are getting the help they’ve needed for years,”” says Hinshaw, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a respected global expert on ADHD – See more at: http://www.chadd.org/Understanding-ADHD/About-ADHD/ADHD-in-the-News/2015-Archive/ADHD-in-the-News-11-10-15.aspx#sthash.sMa57CQH.dpuf

Outcomes of treating attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults with a highly structured therapy versus more loosely delivered individual counseling did not differ significantly in a randomized trial, but the addition of stimulant medication to both types of therapy was beneficial, German researchers found

A new King’s College London study has identified both unique and shared brain patterns in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder (BD), which could, in the future, help clinicians more accurately diagnose and treat the conditions. The research is published today in Psychological Medicine

While global diagnoses of A.D.H.D. are on the rise, public understanding of the disorder has not kept pace…Data from various nations tell a story of rapid change. In Germany, A.D.H.D. diagnosis rates rose 381 percent from 1989 to 2001. In the United Kingdom, prescriptions for A.D.H.D. medications rose by more than 50 percent in five…

It’s not that French kids, or Europeans, don’t have ADHD, says French child psychiatrist Michel Lecendreux…but that they’re clinically invisible. “”It’s just not very well understood, nor is it very well-diagnosed, nor well-treated.”” Lecendreux, a researcher at the Robert Debre Hospital in Paris who also heads the scientific commission for the French ADHD support group…

The conscientious parents I know want to be mindful. They try to still the noise around them in order to focus on precious moments with their kids, recognizing the all-too-fleeting nature of childhood’s years…In a recent interview with Stew Friedman of LinkedIn, [Dr. Ned] Hallowell shared that, while 5 to 10 percent of the population…

Would your ability to resist a tantalizing cookie improve if you had to wait a few seconds before you could reach for it? The idea that natural urges ‘die down’ with time seems intuitive, but new research shows that it’s being reminded about what not to do, not the passage of time, that actually helps…