Experts say online retailer has ethical responsibility to guard against chatbot-generated work on sensitive topics

A new study finds that many adults are self-diagnosing themselves with ADHD, in large part due to the wealth of information and misinformation on social media sites like TikTok. Dr. Mallika is on call to discuss the actual signs and symptoms of ADHD.

A new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry provides insight into how early-life institutional care affects physical and brain development—and how these developmental patterns are linked to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children who were raised in institutions before being placed in foster care showed delayed physical growth and changes in brain activity,…

Key points: Children vary in when they start walking unaided, it can be anytime from age 8 months to 24 months. The genes that influence this walking milestone are expressed in the brain and influence its structure. We discovered that the genes influencing walking also affect later outcomes such as ADHD.

Children who have gender dysphoria will be tested for autism, according to leaked plans. Health officials will screen these children for neurodevelopmental conditions including autism and ADHD, reports suggest. New guidance is to be issued in the wake of the Cass Review into gender identity services in the NHS, which found the quality of studies…

“This book is for anyone like me who ever felt misunderstood, confused or ashamed of their ADHD,” Penn Holderness says of the new kids book, due out this Fall

If you have ADHD, you may be at a higher risk of developing an eating disorder as a result of the overlap in symptoms between both conditions.

[Excerpt] Investigators did not find a consistent impact of antibiotic use on the risks for autoimmune diseases, such as celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and psoriasis. They also did not find a consistent impact of antibiotic use on the risks for psychiatric or neurodevelopmental conditions, such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and…

[Excerpt] The research team looked at the relationship of 735 immune response-related proteins measurable in human blood with depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and ADHD. The researchers found a potential causal role of 29 immune response-related proteins in these seven neuropsychiatric conditions. From the identified biomarkers, 20 showed potential as targets of…

Key point: Maternal inflammatory proteins were significantly associated with increased risk for developing offspring NDDs, but with no contrasting effect on childhood executive function.

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that combining virtual reality, eye tracking, head movement data, and self-reported symptoms may help identify attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults with improved accuracy. In a diagnostic task designed to mimic real-world distractions, researchers found that their machine learning model could distinguish adults with ADHD from those without…

Have you seen ADHD content pop up in your feeds? Are you getting a lot of it? In the past few years, there’s been a surge in the number of adults diagnosed with ADHD, and at the same time more and more people online are going viral with “signs” that you might have it too.…