Girls with ADHD are not being diagnosed or are being diagnosed much later than boys and that has deadly consequences, says behavioural pediatrician and University of Windsor professor Sharon Burey. “”Girls do squeak through the cracks and these girls are dying of accidents,”” Burey said as Windsor’s Oct. 2 ADHD Awareness Day approaches.

New findings published in the journal Frontiers of Molecular Neuroscience suggest that children with ADHD and their mothers are more likely to have shorter telomeres, putting them at an increased risk of early death; this also increases the risk for chronic diseases and conditions like diabetes, obesity and cancer. However, researchers did not find any…

Mothers of children with behavioral issues regularly hear all sorts of remarks: “He’s chiflado.” “He’d do well with a good chancletazo.” “Send him to me, I can straighten him out.” When you have a child with behavioral or mental health disorders, like I do, you are a magnet for unsolicited advice.

Scientists in the US have linked up the brains of participants almost 1.5 km apart, allowing them to play a 20 questions-style game using nothing but their thoughts. This is the first experiment to demonstrate that two brains can be linked up directly to allow one person to accurately guess what’s on the other’s mind,…

CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), the leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with ADHD, today announced a new benefit for parent members to help improve ADHD treatment monitoring.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded FIU $12.7 million as part of a multi-year national landmark study on substance use and adolescent brain development…The researchers will also examine the presence of disruptive behavior disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder symptoms and others.

Results from a meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Psychiatry indicated a significant association between obesity and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among children and adults

ADHD is linked with a variety of sleep problems. For example, one recent study found that children with ADHD had higher rates of daytime sleepiness than children without ADHD. Another study found that 50% of children with ADHD had signs of sleep disordered breathing, compared to only 22% of children without ADHD. Research also suggests…

ADHD often creates unproductive patterns in parents’ lives. When parents become overly stressed or overwhelmed, that affects their children. None of us are at our best when tapped out. And because ADHD itself increases family stress, it makes it harder for you to manage your child’s ADHD, which then amplifies stress further. Incorporating mindfulness into…

Prescription medications can be a danger to college students. A new study shows that medications used to treat ADD and ADHD do not improve the grades of people who take them without a prescription.

Children at risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are being enrolled in a pioneering “babylab” that aims to detect the condition years earlier than is currently possible. Research has begun at Birkbeck Babylab, University of London, involving 10-month-olds who have an elder sibling or family member already diagnosed with ADHD or autism.

An estimated 15%-20% of children with ADHD maintain the diagnosis into adulthood, and as many as 65% of these children have ADHD or residual symptoms as adults. Do you know the signs and symptoms to look for and best treatment practices? Test yourself with this quick quiz.