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…

According to Cindy Goldrich in her book 8 Keys to Parenting Children with ADHD, “Stress and pressure can shut down the thinking brain — the prefrontal cortex that houses executive function skills.” And kids with ADHD, she writes, may be already up to 30 percent delayed in these skills…This is why creating calm is so…

In her book ‘Natural relief for Adult ADHD’ author Stephanie Sarkis says people with ADHD can self-medicate with high fat, sugary and salty foods as a way to feel better. Here are 6 ADHD friendly ways to put you back in control of what you eat.

One morning last August, Daniel Koh, chief of staff to Mayor Martin J. Walsh, drove to a speaking engagement at Excel High School in South Boston. He was uncharacteristically nervous…he had something else on his mind besides the mayor’s vision for education. Should he tell his own story?