KEY POINTS: Inconsistency in ADHD can feel befuddling and lead to conflict. Inconsistent performance is a marker for any of us of a skill that isn’t fully formed yet. When a child with ADHD seems unusually inconsistent, that frequently reveals a skill that needs building. If inconsistency is persistently disruptive, consider an objective review of…

In this video, Greg Mattingly, MD, president, Midwest Research Group, and Psych Congress Steering Committee Member, explains the neurobiological processes by which sleep can become disrupted. Dr Mattingly also introduces innovative sleep disorder solutions made possible through the orexin receptor and its ability to modulate disordered sleep.

[Excerpt] For children taking certain medication, the risk can be even greater. “A lot of children and adolescents are on psychoactive medications, for example ADHD medications, or people with asthma who are taking inhalers are also at risk; those inhalers have stimulant effects,” said Font. “When you start combining stimulants, those cardiovascular effects can get…

Earlier this spring, actress Busy Philipps announced that she was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) alongside her 15-year-old daughter. Philipps’ diagnosis is part of a recent trend of more and more women and girls being diagnosed with ADHD.

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, found that pharmacological treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reduced violence- and public-order related crimes. However, it did not reduce other types of crimes, among patients with ADHD in early to late adolescence considered to be in the…

Targeted video games could help reduce symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression in children and adolescents, results of a new review and meta-analysis suggested.

Learn why attention deficit hyperactivity disorder starts in childhood, but some people don’t outgrow it.

In a recent study conducted published in npj Mental Health Research, researchers found significant associations between family income, asthma, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children. The findings provide evidence for a causal pathway where lower family income not only directly leads to more severe ADHD symptoms but also has an indirect effect through asthma…

Symptoms of ADHD do not appear out of thin air in adulthood, Lenard, A. Adler, from NYU Langone Health told HCPLive during the annual American Psychiatric Association (APA) conference in New York.1  “The symptoms of ADHD need to go back to childhood,” Alder said in the interview. He explained the diagnostic ADHD screening requires a significant onset of attentional, hyperactivity, or…

The Bottom Line: Roughly 9 in 10 of the adolescents studied were of Latinx or Black race/ethnicity, allowing for a more holistic view of ADHD medication use in these populations. After 4 years of follow-up, only about 30% of patients were still using their ADHD medication. In the case of pharmacological interventions—stimulants, mostly—parents and adolescents…

Busy Philipps lives a – well, busy – life. She’s raising two kids, Birdie and Cricket; her new late night talk show premieres next week on QVC+, not to mention her show “Girls 5Eva” is streaming now on Netflix; and she’s figuring out how to manage her ADHD. And she encourages others – especially parents…

LISTEN: For the past decade, Mental Health America has used data from online surveys to gauge participants’ interests and likelihood of illness. The newest report shows an increase in screening for some things and decreases in others, like depression. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports.