ADHD in the News 2026-10-29
CDC: ADHD diagnoses in US children rose to 13.8% from 2019 to 2025
NHIS data show the share of US children aged 5 to 17 years ever diagnosed with ADHD climbed from 9.9% in 2019 to 13.8% in 2025.
ADHD Awareness Month: What to know and how to help
October is ADHD Awareness Month, a time to learn about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), challenge common misconceptions, and support people with ADHD. Whether you have ADHD, know someone who does, or simply want to help, there are many ways to make a difference. You can share trusted information, offer practical help, or support someone raising money for care.
Morning Meltdowns to Homework Struggles: Helping Your Child Navigate ADHD
For Naomi Myrick, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, understanding ADHD is both professional and personal. Diagnosed later in life, she turned her own experience into a passion for helping others understand theirs. The psychiatric nurse practitioner and CEO and practice owner of Cardinal Care Psychiatric Services has spent the past five years focused on ADHD—work that brings her face-to-face with adults searching for answers and parents navigating challenges with their children.
Sex and Race May Influence Timing of ADHD Treatment Initiation Among Youth
Key point: Boys and White children initiated pharmacologic or psychosocial attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder therapy sooner after diagnosis than girls and youth from racial minority groups.
ADHD Medications During Pregnancy: What Does the Latest Meta-Analysis Tell Us?
A new meta-analysis examines ADHD medication use during pregnancy, finding reassuring results for most outcomes while identifying a possible small increase in cardiovascular malformations with methylphenidate.
How the menstrual cycle might alter ADHD symptoms in women taking stimulant medication
The menstrual cycle appears to modulate the severity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits in women taking common stimulant medications. A new small study suggests that these traits peak in severity during menstruation and ease soon after, pointing toward a need for hormone-aware treatment plans. The research was published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
Rare variants in folate receptor gene linked to ADHD and infections in pregnancy
A new study suggests that macrophages and folate receptors may influence brain development and pregnancy health, and they point to a gene worth studying further.
Hidden ADHD common in women seeking treatment for depression and anxiety
A recent study reveals that nearly one in five women seeking treatment for anxiety or depression also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, with nearly half of those cases having never been previously diagnosed. The research highlights how overlapping symptoms can obscure the underlying attention condition in adult women. These findings were published in The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine.
University of Richmond professor’s work helps adults navigate ADHD
October is ADHD Awareness Month. Learn about psychology professor Laura Knouse’s latest research on adults with ADHD, which includes an interactive self-help book.
Peer Exchange: Managing Adult ADHD: Addressing Diagnosis, Treatment Selection, and All-Day Symptom Control, EP. 13 & 14 (Opinion)
EP. 13: New ADHD Formulations, Patches, and Patient Trust: Patches, liquids, and a newly approved triple reuptake inhibitor are expanding the ADHD treatment toolkit. The panel discusses when to reach beyond familiar medications and how to build patient trust in doing so.
EP. 14: The Economic Cost of Undertreated Adult ADHD: Medication access and cost shape ADHD outcomes as much as the prescription itself. The panel examines shortages, pricing, and the real economic toll of inadequately treated ADHD.
New Research on Omega-3s and ADHD
[Excerpt] The Study: Previous meta-analyses have generally found only modest overall benefits with mixed results. This mixed-results pattern may reflect the fact that children who had low omega-3 levels to begin with stand to benefit more than those whose levels are already adequate. This meta-analysis set out to test that idea directly, asking whether a child's baseline omega-3 status predicts how well they respond to supplementation.
ADHD medication amplifies brain response to grammatically ambiguous sentences, study finds
In a neuroimaging study published in PNAS, a team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen recorded the brain activity of healthy adults during sentence comprehension after raising catecholamine levels with stimulant medication (methylphenidate). Higher catecholamine levels led to stronger recruitment of cognitive resources during processing of grammatically ambiguous sentences, showing how neurochemical systems may shape language processing.
Inside Paris Hilton’s house party for celebrities and creators with ADHD
The multi-hyphenate socialite and entrepreneur celebrated ADHD Awareness Month by bringing neurodivergent influencers together at her home.
Olympian Chloe Kim opens up about her ADHD diagnosis
Olympic snowboarder joins News NOW to talk about her recent ADHD diagnosis, saying her symptoms were “so sneaky,” adding that once she opened up to her doctor, “everything suddenly clicked.”