We all know (or were) the kid who makes us wish for the invention of a Ritalin blow dart. But is it a good idea to put kids on psychiatric meds? And once they’re on, how long is long enough? The Savvy Psychologist tackles the topic of psychiatric drugs that start early and last a…

About a third of some 4,000 patients who gave urine samples turned up negative for their prescribed stimulants, Mancia Ko, PharmD, of Ingenuity Health — a service of Ameritox, a medication monitoring company — and colleagues reported at the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) meeting here. In samples where the prescribed…

Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication found an estimated prevalence of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder of 4.4%, according to findings published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 2006. Researchers noted that the estimate is likely conservative, in part because of more subtle symptoms in adults compared with children. Healio.com/Internal Medicine presents the latest research…

The Food and Drug Administration is failing to protect children from the disturbing behavioral problems caused by artificial food dyes, even though evidence of those problems has continued to mount since 2011, when an FDA advisory panel last considered the issue. That’s the finding of a new report, released today by the nonprofit Center for…

Adults with symptoms of ADHD but no formal diagnosis have impaired quality of life, productivity, and functioning compared with those who don’t have such symptoms, researchers reported here. In a case-control study matched from a national survey, those with ADHD symptoms had significantly worse quality of life than those without symptoms…according to Regina Grebla, PhD,…

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) doesn’t go away, even in the latest decades of life, Dutch researchers reported here. About 3% of adults over age 60 in The Netherlands still had ADHD, reported Sandra Kooij, MD, PhD, of the European Network of Adult ADHD, and colleagues at the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders…

When Cathy Fields was in her late 50s, she noticed she was having trouble following conversations with friends…Fields was worried she had suffered a stroke or was showing signs of early dementia. Instead she found out she had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD…Her doctor ruled out any physical problems and suggested she see a…

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had improvements in their symptoms with a liquid formulation of methylphenidate (Quillivant), researchers reported here. In preliminary findings from a small trial, patients given the drug had significant improvement in Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scores after 6 weeks compared with baseline, reported Mark Stein,…

AmeritoxSM, a national leader in medication monitoring solutions, presented new research showing that in one out of three samples of patients prescribed stimulants to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder the prescribed drug was not detected. Members of Ameritox’s Medical Affairs team prepared the data for attendees at the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders…

On my birthday last year, my husband sweetly suggested we meet for lunch at a museum. “I only have an hour,” he said. “Please, be on time.” Of course, I assured him. I planned my whole day around it … and got there exactly 15 minutes late to an exasperated husband who thought I didn’t…

The natural “”cycle”” of darkness to daylight amazingly coordinates your body’s biologic and “”circadian”” rhythms and your sleep-wake cycle…But, the light-dark cycle doesn’t always go as it should in some children and adults with ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to [UAB Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Rachel Fargason]. Her team’s research revealed ADHD’s strongly…

Louisiana has one of the highest rates of ADHD prescription drug use in the country, according to the Department of Health and Hospital, and state officials are creating a strategy to conquer ADHD in the classroom. The Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Department of Education and the Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, a…